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cleavage plane

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cleavage plane,
1 the area in a fertilized ovum where cleavage takes place; the axis along which any cell division occurs.
2 any plane within the body where organs or structures can be separated with minimal damage to surrounding tissue.


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But they have cleavage planes that can lead to cracks.
Cleavage is considered perfect if it is easily obtained and the cleavage planes are easily distinguished.
The initial cleavage plane parallels that of the egg axis in most bivalves causing the egg to divide into one smaller blastomere AB and a larger CD.
 
 
 
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