Principles of Biology
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Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
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Chapter 26.8, Problem 2TYK
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Humans and all the other vertebrates fall under the phylum Chordata. To classify this phylum, there are many features such as the presence of dorsal nerve cord, notochord, pharyngeal slits, and a post-anal tail. The animals that follow all these features are Chordata.
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Ch. 26.1 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.2 - Prob. 1BCCh. 26.2 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.2 - What are the mam members of the Ecdysozoa?Ch. 26.2 - In protostomes the blastopore becomes the mouth....Ch. 26.2 - In triploblastic animals, the inner lining of the...Ch. 26.2 - Pseudocoelomates lack a fluid-filled cavity. have...Ch. 26.3 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.4 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.4 - Prob. 1TYK
Ch. 26.4 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 26.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.5 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.6 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 26.6 - Prob. 1BCCh. 26.6 - What are some of the advantages of segmentation?Ch. 26.6 - Platyhelminthes possess a lophophore. a coelom....Ch. 26.6 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 26.6 - Prob. 3TYKCh. 26.7 - Prob. 1CCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 2CCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 3CCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 1BCCh. 26.7 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.7 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 26.7 - Prob. 3TYKCh. 26.8 - Echinoderms and chordates are both deuterostomes....Ch. 26.8 - Prob. 1BCCh. 26.8 - Prob. 1TYKCh. 26.8 - Prob. 2TYKCh. 26.8 - Prob. 3TYKCh. 26 - Prob. 1TYCh. 26 - Prob. 2TYCh. 26 - Prob. 3TYCh. 26 - Prob. 4TYCh. 26 - Prob. 5TYCh. 26 - Prob. 6TYCh. 26 - Prob. 7TYCh. 26 - Prob. 8TYCh. 26 - A defining feature of the Ecdysozoa is a segmented...Ch. 26 - Incomplete metamorphosis is characterized by...Ch. 26 - Prob. 1CCQCh. 26 - Compare and contrast the five main feeding types...Ch. 26 - Prob. 3CCQCh. 26 - Prob. 1CBQCh. 26 - Prob. 2CBQ
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