Mark G Goebl, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Kelly Schweitzer, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0000348
Budding is a form of asexual reproduction utilized by unicellular fungi known as yeast. A small protuberance is formed on the cell wall that grows in size until it is almost the size of the original yeast cell, forming a narrow neck between the two cells. Cytokinesis then occurs at the neck between the two cells.
Keywords: budding; yeast; fungi; asexual reproduction; dimorphism
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Figure 1. The yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, in various stages of budding. Top row, haploid; bottom row, diploid. Note the difference in size.
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Figure 2. Haploid and diploid yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, with calcofluor-stained bud scars as visualized by fluorescence microscopy. Left, axial budding; right, bipolar budding.
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