Question
Download Solution PDFWhich of the following single-celled organisms can put out small buds that separate and grow further?
Answer (Detailed Solution Below)
Detailed Solution
Download Solution PDFThe correct answer is Yeast.
Key Points
- Yeast is a single-celled fungus that reproduces asexually by budding.
- In the budding process, a small new organism grows out of the parent organism.
- Yeast cells form buds that separate and grow into new, independent yeast cells.
- This mode of reproduction is common in the Saccharomyces cerevisiae species, widely used in baking and brewing.
- Budding allows for rapid population growth in favorable conditions.
Additional Information
- Amoeba
- Amoeba reproduces asexually through a process called binary fission.
- In binary fission, the parent cell divides into two identical daughter cells.
- Amoebas are known for their ability to change shape due to their flexible cell membrane.
- They move and engulf food using pseudopodia, which are temporary projections of their cytoplasm.
- Plasmodium
- Plasmodium is a genus of parasitic protozoa, known for causing malaria.
- It has a complex life cycle involving two hosts: mosquitoes and humans.
- Reproduction involves both sexual and asexual stages.
- Asexual reproduction occurs in the human host, while sexual reproduction occurs in the mosquito.
- Leishmania
- Leishmania is a genus of protozoan parasites causing leishmaniasis.
- It undergoes a life cycle involving sandflies and mammalian hosts.
- The parasite reproduces asexually in mammalian hosts and sexually in sandflies.
- Leishmania species infect macrophages and multiply within them.
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