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Question
A student is observing a permanent slide showing sequentially the different stages of asexual reproduction taking place in yeast. Name this process and draw diagrams, of what he observes, in a proper sequence.
Solution
Yeast reproduces asexually by the process of budding. Different stages of budding as observed by the student are depicted below:
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