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Yeasts, like all fungi, may have asexual and sexual reproductive cycles.

The most common mode of vegetative growth in yeast is asexual reproduction by budding.

Here, a small bud ( also known as a bleb ), or daughter cell, is formed on the parent cell.

The nucleus of the parent cell splits into a daughter nucleus and migrates into the daughter cell.

The bud continues to grow until it separates from the parent cell, forming a new cell.

The daughter cell produced during the budding process is generally smaller than the mother cell.

Some yeasts, including Schizosaccharomyces pombe, reproduce by fission instead of budding, thereby creating two identically sized daughter cells.