From there they become trophozoites that reproduce asexually by multiple fission, a process known as schizogony.

It involves karyogamy, the formation of a zygote which is followed by meiosis and multiple fission.

Apicomplexans (sporozoans) replicate via ways of multiple fission (also known as schizogony).

Multiple fission at the cellular level occurs in many protists, e.g. sporozoans and algae.

Protozoa can reproduce by binary fission or multiple fission.

In multiple fission, the nucleus of the parent cell divides by mitosis several times, producing several nuclei.

This multiplication occurs either by merogony (binary fission) or schizogony (multiple fission).

In apicomplexans, multiple fission, or schizogony, is manifested either as merogony, sporogony or gametogony.

The sporozoites then migrate to the liver of the vertebrate, where they undergo multiple fission (asexual reproduction) to produce merozoites.

Binary fission produces two separate cells, populations, species, etc., whereas multiple fission produces more than two cells, populations, species, etc.

Archaea reproduce asexually by binary or multiple fission, fragmentation, or budding; meiosis does not occur, so if a species of archaea exists in more than one form, all have the same genetic material.

The Manhattan Project, run by the United States with the help of the United Kingdom and Canada, developed multiple fission weapons which were used against Japan in 1945 at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.