Indeterminate Cleavage

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Does anyone know what happens to an embryo that undergoes indeterminate cleavage if one cell is removed from a 2 celled intermediate.

 

[Mstoothlady2012]

In indeterminate cleavage the fate of the cell is not determined yet, so even if you remove it from rest of the cells it still has potential to become a whole new organism. This happens in deuterostomes (not sure if I spelled that right!)

 

[osimsDDS]

Does anyone know what happens to an embryo that undergoes indeterminate cleavage if one cell is removed from a 2 celled intermediate.

It is indeterminate so it can reproduce into another embryo because it is not a specialized cell yet...for example the grey crescent from a frog embryo can develope entirely into a new embryo...a result of indeterminate cleavage

In determinate cleavage the cells are specialized from the beginning of the embryo and you can not take out a cell and a new embryo will develop because the cells are determined for specialization early on in development...

hope that helps

 

[Aceofspades]

Does anyone know what happens to an embryo that undergoes indeterminate cleavage if one cell is removed from a 2 celled intermediate.

Two whole individuals can be made because each cell retains its ability to form a human being. How do you think identical twins are formed?