totipotency/det. cleavage/indet. cleavage

[pistolpete007]

can someone clearly explain the difference between
A.totipotency
B.determinate cleavage
C.Indeterminate cleavage

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[osimsDDS]

totipotent- basically any cell can become any cell, meaning during cleavage if it is indeterminate any cell can specialize into any type of cell, like a heart cell, liver cell, kidney cell, etc...

indeterminate cleavage- this happens in duterostome embryology when the cells fate is not determined, basically it can become any cell and specialize into any cell = totipotent

determinate- this occurs in protostome embryology, its when the fate of the cell is basically determined early in embryology and it cant specialize into any cell it wants to = non-totipotent