In what ways can chlamydomonas multiply?

Chlamydomonas – unicellular green algae – can reproduce in two ways: asexually and sexually. The asexual way of reproduction occurs quickly, it is characteristic of favorable living conditions. Inside the chlamydomonas, which deliberately stops moving and discards the flagella, the nucleus, chloroplast and cytoplasm begin to divide into 2, 4 or 8 parts. From each part, a zoospore develops, which, after leaving the mother cell, grows rapidly and turns into an adult Chlamydomonas. During sexual reproduction, which Chlamydomonas use to preserve the population under unfavorable external conditions, many gametes, germ cells mature inside the mother cell. Going outside, the gametes of different chlamydomonas are connected in pairs, forming a zygote. The zygote becomes covered with a thick membrane and, only after waiting for favorable conditions, begins to divide. The result is four zoospores – future chlamydomonas.