What Characteristic Is Shared by the Processes of Budding and Regeneration

What characteristic is shared by the processes of budding and regeneration?

A) Both can lead to the production of a new individual through mitotic growth.
B) Both use meiosis to replace lost tissue.
C) Both can lead to the production of a new individual through meiotic growth.
D) Both serve as a trigger for the sexual phase of reproduction.
E) Both occur only in the apical meristem of plants.