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| Period from development of fertilized egg to death |
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| Physiological changes that result from a change in timing of development of a structure relative to its ancestor |
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| Retention of embryonic or larval characteristics in a sexually mature adult |
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| Development of entirely new shapes beyond a typical sexually mature adult |
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| Traits develop independently but are shared by different taxa and not derived from the most recent ancestor |
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| Specific derived similarities |
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| Similar character due to shared ancestry |
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| Similar characters not derived from a shared ancestor |
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1) Pharyngeal pouches
2) Endostyle groove/Thyroid
3) Notochord
4) Dorsal hollow nerve chord
5) Post anal tail in embryo/larva |
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| Chordate Phylogeny contains: |
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1) Tunicates
2) Amphioxus
3) Craniates |
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| Hardened teeth for crushing and consuming hard shelled organisms |
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| Tail where top (dorsal) and bottom (ventral) parts are equal in size |
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| Tail which the top (dorsal) part is larger than the ventral |
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| Tail which has equal top and bottom halves and the vertebral column runs to the tip |
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Jaw attached directly to cranium
Mandibular arch not supported by hyomandibula
Present in Dipnomorpha and Tetrapoda |
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Mandibular arch supported in part by the hyomandibula
Present in Actinopterygians |
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Mandibular arch supported primarily by hyomandibula
Present in Chondrichthyes |
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