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There is no natural death in single celled organisms like Amoeba and bacteria because :
(A) They cannot reproduce sexually (B) They reproduce by binary fission (C) Parental body is distributed among the offspring (D) They are microscopic

A

They cannot reproduce sexually

B

They reproduce by binary fission

C

Parental body is distributed among the offspring

D

They are microscopic

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C
There is no natural death in single celled organisms like Amoeba and bacteria because the parental body is distributed among the offspring.
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