Question

Differentiate between the following:

Binary fission and budding

Answer 1

Binary fission

1. It is the kind of asexual reproduction in which a parent cell splits into two new organisms of same size.
2. Mostly unicellular organisms like bacteria show binary fission
3. Parent cell and newly formed cells are similar in size.
4. Cytoplasm of parent cell divides equally.
5. It is a natural process and can not be done artificially.

Budding

1. It is the kind of asexual reproduction in which a parent cell forms an out- growth as a bud and this but detaches to form a new individual multicellular.
2. Multicellular organisms like yeast reproduce using budding.
3. Parent cell is larger than the newly formed bud.
4. Cytoplasm divides unequally parent cell has more cytoplasm than bud.
5. It is a type of vegetative propagation and can be done artificially.