Biology 2004 JAMB Past Questions - Question 24: The type of reproduction that is common to both Hydra and yeast is

Correct Answer

D

Explanation

D - It is an asexual method of reproduction which involves thedevelopment of an outgrowth from the parent organism. The outgrowth enlargesand later the-base constricts and cuts off to become a new organism. Graftingis a form of vegetative propagation in flowering plants in which a part of theplant (leaf, stem or foot) producing good quality fruits is made to grow onanother plant of closely related spccies which does not add quality fruitsbut has well established root system Binary fission is a form of asexual reproduction which occurs inunicellular organisms like bacteria and protozoans The organism divides into two beginning with the nucleus and later the cytoplasm conjugation is a form of sexual reproduction in which cells which are structurally the same but physiologically different (labeled plus and minus strains) fuse together to form a zygote which later develops into a new organism. it occurs in spirogyra, rhizopus and bacteria