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Question
What is the difference between direct and indirect development?
Solution
| Direct development | Indirect development | |
| i. | Younger people could look like adults. | The larvae, or tiny hatchlings, in this case do not resemble the adults. |
| ii. | There are no intermediate phases. | There are stages in between. |
| iii. | No metamorphosis occurs. | Transformation is observed in indirect development. |
| E.g., Hydra, man | E.g., Frog, cockroach |
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