Question

During asexual reproduction in a yeast cell, two daughter buds are formed. What is true about the daughter buds formed in the process?

A) Both daughters will have the same genetic information as the parent cell.
B) Both daughters will have a part of the genetic information of the parent.
C) Both daughters will have different information, which is very different from the parent.
D) Both daughters will have the same genetic information, which is different from the parent.

Answer 1

Your answer must be:
Both daughters will have the same genetic information as the parent cell.

Answer 2

The correct answer is A) Both daughters will have the same genetic information as the parent cell.

Yeast are members of the kingdom fungi and budding is a common method of asexual reproduction in them. During bud formation, a small protuberance develops on the parent yeast cell. The protuberance grows a full size and forms a bud. The nucleus of the parent yeast divides and migrates into the daughter cell. The bud detaches from the mother’s body by forming a daughter yeast. The daughter yeast cell produced during the budding is genetically similar to the mother cell as it forms as a result of mitosis but is generally smaller in size as compared to the mother cell.