Cleavage - Radial Cleavage

One of the hallmarks of deuterstome development is that early cleavage divisions are
radial. In contrast,
protostomes typically display spiral cleavage. While these classifications are certainly
huge
generalizations, they nevertheless point to some of the fundamental differences between
different phyla
regarding early development. Play the movie at the below right to get a sense for the
difference between
these two cleavage patterns in two generalized embryos.