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Since the reproduction is asexual, the newly created organism is a clone and, excepting mutations, is genetically identical to the parent organism. Organisms such as hydra use regenerative cells for reproduction in the process of budding. In hydra, a bud develops as an outgrowth due to repeated cell division at one specific site.
European beech (Fagus sylvatica) bud. In botany, a bud is an undeveloped or embryonic shoot and normally occurs in the axil of a leaf or at the tip of a stem.Once formed, a bud may remain for some time in a dormant condition, or it may form a shoot immediately.
Budding is also known on a multicellular level; an animal example is the hydra, [10] which reproduces by budding. The buds grow into fully matured individuals which eventually break away from the parent organism. Internal budding is a process of asexual reproduction, favoured by parasites such as Toxoplasma gondii.
The three traditional modes of reproduction are: [1] Oviparity, taken to be the ancestral condition, where either unfertilised oocytes or fertilised eggs are spawned. [1] Viviparity, including any mechanism where young are born live, or where the development of the young is supported by either parent in or on any part of their body. [1]
When the splitting occurs due to specific developmental changes, the terms orchiectomy, laparotomy, and budding are used. In 'architomy' the animal splits at a particular point and the two fragments regenerate the missing organs and tissues. The splitting is not preceded by the development of the tissues to be lost.
Goat kids will stay with their mother until they are weaned. Most mammals are viviparous, giving birth to live young. [1] However, the five species of monotreme, the platypuses and the echidnas, lay eggs. The monotremes have a sex determination system different from that of most other mammals. [2]
Syllid polychaete budding epitokes for the purpose of sexual reproduction. Alitta succinea (common clam worm) in epitoky stage. Epitoky is a process that occurs in many species of polychaete marine worms wherein a sexually immature worm (the atoke) is modified or transformed into a sexually mature worm (the epitoke).
Asexual reproduction in sponges occurs via budding, either by external or internal buds. The internal buds are called gemmules. The internal buds are called gemmules. Only endogenous types of buds develop into new sponges.