What is the difference between direct and indirect development?

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What is the difference between direct and indirect development?


Direct development

Indirect development

In this the embryo develops into a mature individual without involving a larval stage.

Indirect development encompasses a larval stage that undergoes a metamorphic transition into a juvenile.

Metamorphosis is absent.

Metamorphosis is present.

It occurs in fishes, reptiles, birds, and mammals

It occurs in most of the invertebrates and amphibians.

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