Term Name: | cell budding |
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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. |
Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007114] QuickGO AmiGO |