Which type of cell division occurs in the gonads?

Mitosis is a form of cell division responsible for growth, repair, and asexual reproduction in somatic cells. It results in two genetically identical daughter cells, maintaining the same chromosome number as the parent cell. Since mitosis does not produce gametes and does not involve chromosome reduction, it is not the correct answer in the context of gonadal cell division.

Binary fission is a method of asexual reproduction primarily seen in prokaryotic organisms, such as bacteria. This process involves the division of a single cell into two identical daughter cells and does not apply to eukaryotic cells or the formation of gametes in gonads.

Asexual division refers broadly to processes like mitosis and binary fission that produce offspring without the fusion of gametes. While it encompasses methods of reproduction in many organisms, it does not apply to the formation of gametes, which requires meiosis in the gonads.