bilateral cleavage
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bilateral cleavage
orradial cleavage
the type of CLEAVAGE which gives rise to BILATERAL SYMMETRY. It occurs in echinoderms and CHORDATES. Compare SPIRAL CLEAVAGE.Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005