cell budding

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Accession
GO:0007114
Ontology
biological process
Synonyms
broad: 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. [source: ISBN:0198506732]
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