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. The 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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Explanation

A bud is formed by proliferation of cells of the parent body. On maturity, it separates from parent by a constriction at the base. Since only one parent is involved, it is an asexual method. Clearly, here option (1) is incorrect because bud develops on parent and is not independent of it.

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