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Question
Describe the process of budding in hydra.
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Solution
a. Budding is a type of asexual reproduction seen in Coelenterates (e.g. Hydra) and Ascidians.
b. These multicellular animals form a small bud which grows gradually.
c. The bud grows slowly into a young animal and then detaches itself from the parent body.
d. This bud then grows into an independent new organism

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