AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL REPRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following is the starting point of an offspring of a budding organism?
A
Colony of clones
B
Unfertilized egg cell
C
Cutting a part from the parent.
D
Growth on the parent’s body.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The offspring of a budding organism starts as a growth on the parent’s body. By definition, budding is a process of developing buds. A bud in itself is an outgrowth of an organism that is capable of growing and becoming an independent organism.

Detailed explanation-2: -budding, in biology, a form of asexual reproduction in which a new individual develops from some generative anatomical point of the parent organism. In some species buds may be produced from almost any point of the body, but in many cases budding is restricted to specialized areas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Budding is a form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division and an example of an organism which reproduces through budding is Hydra.

Detailed explanation-4: -What is budding? Budding is an asexual reproduction method in which a new organism develops from a bud of an existing organism. Until the new organism matures, it remains attached to the parent organism. Hydra and yeast, for example, reproduce by budding.

Detailed explanation-5: -Hydra reproduces by the process of budding. It forms small buds on its body which later develop into tiny individuals. When mature, these tiny individuals detach from the parent body and become new independent individuals.

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