Question

What is the basic difference between binary fission and budding?
A. In budding, the parents’ identity is lost, while in binary fission, it is maintained.
B. In binary fission, the parent identity is lost, while it is maintained in budding.
C. There is a fusion of daughter cells in binary fission while in budding, genetically non-identical daughter cells are produced.
D. In binary fission, two dissimilar individuals (daughter cells) are forced while in budding, daughter and parent cells are similar.

Answer 1

Hint: Reproduction is defined as a biological process in which an organism gives rise to young ones similar to itself.
Two types of reproduction are mainly observed that is:
1. Asexual Reproduction
2. Sexual Reproduction

Complete answer:
Asexual Reproduction: It is type of reproduction in which offspring is produced by single parent with or without involvement of gametes.

Sexual Reproduction: It is type of reproduction in which two parents of opposite sex participate and it involves the fusion of male and female gametes.

Asexual reproduction is includes:
1. Binary fission
2. Budding
3. Fragmentation
4. Spore formation.
5. Vegetative propagation.

Binary fission: It is type of asexual reproduction in which separation of the body occurs into two new bodies.
- In binary fission, parent cells split into two daughter cells and lost their parent identity.
- In binary fission, two equal-size cells are formed.
- Prokaryotes, as well as some eukaryotes, also show binary fission like an amoeba.
- In binary fission, the cytoplasm divides evenly

Budding: In a budding parent cell first produces outgrowth or bud which gets detached after maturity and survives as an individual and maintains their parent identity.
- In budding unequal sized cells are formed.
- Budding is mainly observed in eukaryotes such as hydra.
- In budding cytoplasm divides unevenly.

Hence, The correct answer is option (B).

Note: Sexual reproduction: the production of new living organisms by combining genetic information from two individuals of different types (sexes).
Hermaphrodites: It occurs in animals where one individual has both male and female reproductive parts. Invertebrates, such as earthworms, slugs, tapeworms and snails, are often hermaphroditic.
Hermaphrodites may self-fertilize or may mate with another of their species, fertilizing each other and both producing offspring.