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chordate

(genetic biology)

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  • Grammar: noun
    plural:
    chordates
  • Definition: an animal belonging to the phylum Chordata, which includes all vertebrates and certain marine animals, such as the lancelets
  • Example:
    1. Chordates have, at some stage of development, a dorsal nerve cord, a notochord (a dorsal skeletal structure made of cartilage), and gill slits.

    2. Embryos from all species of chordates strongly resemble each other in the early stages of development.


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