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Why might deuterostomes differentiate their embryonic cells later than the protostomes?

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The Deuterostomes shows indeterminate development, in which each of the cells of the eight-cell embryo if separated remain capable of developing as complete organisms. This contrasts to protostomes determinate development, in which the development fate of each cell in the adult organism has already been determined.

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