Question

In animals such as hydra and corals, new individuals arise as buds on the body of an existing animal. this is budding, a form of

Answer 1

This budding of corals is actually a form of cloning. What occurs during the budding is asexual reproduction, reproduction that is done without the assistance of a partner. As such, the offspring or bud, is an exact genetic duplication or copy of the parent and more commonly known as cloning.