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What method of asexual reproduction is shown in the diagram?
Reproduction is the biological process through which an organism, or organisms,
produce offspring. There are two main types of reproduction: sexual reproduction and asexual
reproduction. Asexual reproduction, which is the method of interest to us in this question,
involves only one parent and can occur through different mechanisms depending on
species.
The diagram provided by the question displays a single-celled organism developing an
outgrowth from the parent cell in the second stage. The third stage of the diagram shows the parent cell replicating its genetic
material, which appears to be contained within a nucleus.
In the fourth and final stage of the diagram, one of the two nuclei that are formed
as a result of this replication is partitioned to the outgrowth. The outgrowth, or bud, has also detached from the parent cell in the final stage of
the diagram. This produces two cells that would be genetically identical to each other. This process, which is called budding due to the bud-like outgrowth that develops on
the parent cell, occurs in certain eukaryotes like the single-celled fungus
yeast.
Therefore, the method of asexual reproduction that the diagram provided by the
question is illustrating is budding.
