So budding is one form of asexual reproduction in which we replicate the genetic information, the DNA of the parent cell, and then we enclose that DNA into a small portion of the cytoplasm in the cell membrane that came from the original parent cell. And that's exactly why the daughter cell that we produce as a result of budding is much smaller in size but contains the same exact genetic information as our parent cell. So basically, we begin with the parent cell. The genetic information of the parent cell shown in blue, begins to replicate itself and that is shown in green. So green is the replicated DNA. Eventually, our replicated DNA will be enclosed in a small portion of the cytoplasm that will bud off and form this small daughter cell.