Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process

cell budding

Term ID
GO:0007114
Synonyms
  • budding
Definition
A form of asexual reproduction, occurring in certain bacteria and fungi (e.g. yeasts) and some primitive animals in which an individual arises from a daughter cell formed by pinching off a part of the parent cell. The budlike outgrowths so formed may sometimes remain attached to the parent cell. 0198506732
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