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SPIRAL CLEAVAGE

Spiral cleavage is typical of the Protostomata and is characterized by the division planes of early cytokinesis products of the zygote being oblique to the plane of the polar axis.  This produces unequal cells in the developing blastula.  Usually spiral cleavage is determinant.