Question

Budding is found in-
a. Yeast only
b. Hydra and yeast
c. Hydra only
d. None of the above

Answer 1

Hint: Budding, a type of asexual reproduction in which a new individual grows from some generative anatomical point of the parent organism. In various species, buds may be grown from almost any point of the body, but in most cases, budding is limited to focused areas. The initial swelling of proliferating cytoplasm or cells, the bud, ultimately develops into an organism duplicating the parent.

Complete answer:
The new individual in budding may disconnect to exist independently, or the buds may remain attached, producing aggregates or colonies. Budding is a trait of a few unicellular organisms. Though, several metazoan animals frequently reproduce by budding.

It is a mode of asexual reproduction seen in Hydra and Yeast. In Hydra, a bud starts to form on the tubular body. The bud then forms a mouth and tentacles and separates from its parent. The fully developed Hydra is developed and will find a substrate for its attachment.

In a time of favorable conditions, yeast reproduces by budding in which a little outgrowth is called bud forms on the parent cell. Subsequently, the nucleus of the parent cell divides and migrates into bud. This bud increases in size and finally gets detached.

Hence, the correct answer is option (B).

Note: The small bud then obtains food from the parent hydra and begins to grow. The mature bud starts mounting small tentacles and mouths. When the bud properly matures into a new hydra, it detaches itself from the parent hydra and becomes a self-determining organism. In budding in yeast, a small bud comes out as an outgrowth from the parent body. After this, the nucleus of the parent yeast elongates and gets separated into two parts.