What is the difference between direct and indirect development?

1.	What is the difference between direct and indirect development?
Answer» Direct Development: In this case the young or offsprings resembles the adult i.e., no intermediate stage ex: Humans, Birds, etc., Indirect Development: In this case the young ones when hatched or born doesn’t resemble adult but undergoes through many intermediate stages to become adult, e.g.: frogs have tadpole stage before becoming adult frogs. Butterfly have larvae, cocoon stage before becomes butterfly, etc.,

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Direct Development: In this case the young or offsprings resembles the adult i.e., no intermediate stage

ex: Humans, Birds, etc.,

Indirect Development: In this case the young ones when hatched or born doesn’t resemble adult but undergoes through many intermediate stages to become adult,

e.g.: frogs have tadpole stage before becoming adult frogs. Butterfly have larvae, cocoon stage before becomes butterfly, etc.,

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