What is the difference between the process of multiple fission and budding

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Budding is a form of asexual reproduction in which a new organism develops from an outgrowth or bud into a complete individual. The new organism remains attached as it grows, separating from the parent organism only when it is mature. Since reproduction is asexual, the newly created organism is genetically identical to the parent organism.  It is observed in Hydra.

In multiple fission, the nucleus divides several times simultaneously or successively into a number of daughter nuclei and then the cytoplasm divides into as many cells as there are nuclei each cell containing a nucleus. It is the common form of asexual reproduction in certain acellular organisms. It is observed in Plasmodium.

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