Multiple choice

Which of the following statements about budding is not true?

  1. The bud grows and develops independent of the parent body.

  2. It is a mode of asexual reproduction.

  3. Bud arises due to repeated divisions on the parent body.

  4. A constriction at the base of the bud separates it from the parent body.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

In budding, the bud grows and develops while attached to the parent body, receiving nutrients from it initially. The statement in option A incorrectly claims the bud develops independently from the start, which makes it the false statement we're looking for.

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