Binary fission is a characteristic of kingdom ______ and is most similar to the cellular processes of ___________.

a. Protista: meiosis, because the two rounds of cell divisions result in haploid cells

b. Bacteria: mitosis, because the cell replicates its DNA and divides into daughter cells

c. Viruses: transcription, because the DNA is copied exactly

d. Fungi: translation, because proteins are made using the copied segments of mRNA