Budding or Blastogenesis in Asexual Reproduction

Growth and Development

• Growth involves an individual organism increasing in size via cell multiplication and remaining intact.

Reproductive Processes

• Sexual reproduction involves the production and fusion of male and female gametes.

Asexual Reproduction

• A type of reproduction where the offspring inherits the characteristics of the parent from one parent only.
• Includes vegetative reproduction, where seeds are sometimes involved.

Budding

• A process where a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division at one particular site.
• Used by organisms such as hydra, which uses regenerative cells for reproduction.

Disadvantages of Vegetative Reproduction

• A major disadvantage is that it limits genetic variation.

Binary Fission

• A process where two daughter cells are produced inside a mother cell and consumed by the offspring prior to separation.

Other Reproductive Processes

• Fragmentation is the process where an organism is split into fragments upon maturation, with each fragment becoming a new individual.
• Conjugation is NOT a form of asexual reproduction mentioned in the text.

Learn about budding, a form of asexual reproduction where a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud due to cell division in one specific site. Examples include yeast cells and hydra using regenerative cells for reproduction.