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(genetic biology)

Grammar: noun
plural: vertebrates
Definition: an animal that has a spinal cord enclosed in a backbone
Example:
1. The basic body plan of insects and vertebrates is determined by just a few (maybe 10) segmentation-related genes which control development.

2. Segmentation allows for the specialisation of individual segments in annelid worms and the specialisation of whole body regions in crustaceans, insects and vertebrates.
Antonym: invertebrate