Sea anemones can reproduce sexually or asexually. When they reproduce asexually, they go through a process called budding. How much of the DNA in the offspring sea anemone created by budding comes from the parent sea anemone?

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A	all of the DNA
B	half of the DNA
C	none of the DNA
D	the amount can’t be predicted in this situation

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -Most anemones can reproduce asexually through budding, where fragments break off and develop into new individuals. Some polyps split themselves by stretching across from the base to the middle and forms two new anemones of equal size through the method of longitudinal fission.

Detailed explanation-2: -Nematostella vectensis, a widely distributed, burrowing sea anemone, was raised through successive sexual generations at room temperature in non-circulating seawater. It has separate sexes and also reproduces asexually by transverse fission.

Detailed explanation-3: -Longitudinal fission has traditionally been acknowledged as the most common type of asexual reproduction in sea anemones of the family Actiniidae (Shick 1991).

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DIVERSITY AMONG LIFE FORMS