Budding

Budding is a type of asexual reproduction.

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A new organism is formed by the protrusion of part of another organism. When yeast buds, one cell becomes two cells. This is an example of reproduction. This is very common in plants, but may be found in animal organisms, such as the hydra, as well. Usually, the protrusion stays attached to the primary organism for a while, before becoming free. The new organism is naturally genetically identical to the primary one (a clone).

Yeast: Yeasts constitute a group of single-celled (unicellular) fungi, a few species of which are commonly used to leaven bread and ferment alcoholic beverages. Most yeasts belong to the division Ascomycota. A few yeasts, such as Candida albicans, can cause infection in humans. More than one thousand speci...

Reproduction: Reproduction is the biological process by which new individual organisms are produced. Reproduction is a fundamental feature of all known life; each individual organism exists as the result of reproduction....

Hydra: Hydra has a number of meanings....

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