NEET2004ZoologyStructural Organisation in AnimalsActual
Third cleavage of frog's development is
Options
- Aequatorial
- Bvertical
- Clatitudinal
- Dnone of these
Correct answer
C. latitudinal
Step-by-step solution
First and second cleavage in frog are holoblastic, complete, equal, vertical, whereas third cleavage is holoblastic, complete, unequal, latitudinal or horizontal and near the animal pole. It results in the formation 8 cells of which three are black micromeres which have less or no yolk, so divide faster and 4 are colourless macromeres.