Animal Kingdom Question 706

Question: A number of buds have developed on Hydra

[APMEE 1996; Pb. PMT 1999]

Options:

A) Oldest bud is towards oral region

B) Oldest bud is towards aboral region

C) Both (a) and (b)

D) There is no order

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Answer:

Correct Answer: D

Solution:

Budding is the asexual mode of reproduction in which a genetically identical new organism grows attached to the body of parent Hydra and separates later on.

In the process of budding, these buds grow randomly and there is no specific order or direction they follow.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.