Budding
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Budding is a form of asexual reproduction. The new organism is naturally genetically identical to the primary one (a clone). When yeast buds, one cell becomes two cells. When a sponge buds, a part of the parent sponge falls off and starts to grow into a new sponge. These are examples of asexual reproduction.
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[edit] Virology
Budding is the process by which enveloped viruses acquire their external envelope, often as fragment of the host cell membrane, which bulges outwards and takes the virion inside. Some viruses hijack the host cell proteins normally involved in endocytosis to facilitate this process.
[edit] Embryology
The term budding is also applied to the process of embryo differentiation in which old structures are formed in outgrowth from pre-existing parts.
[edit] Horticulture
Budding is a process that consist of engrafting the bud of a plant into another plant.
