Characterize both aves and teleosts as highly derived from other vertebrates by giving examples of several unique evolutionary structures from each group.

Q: Describe the adaptations "bilateral symmetry", "radial symmetry", "cephalization", "closed…

A: Ecology is the scientific study of the interactions between living things and their surroundings.…

Q: Compare and contrast the embryonic development of protostomes and deuterostomes

A: Metazoans are divided into protostomia and deuterostomia based on the development of the embryo.…

Q: Describe four shared derived characters of vertebrates.

A: Vertebrates are members from the subphylum Vertebrata, under the phylum Chordata and under the realm…

Q: Summarize the animal life cycle

A: The existence pattern of an organism alludes to the arrangement of formative stages that it goes…

Q: List the evidence that biologists use to classify earthworms,caecilians, and snakes in different…

A: Answer- In animal kingdom the organisms are placed according to different phylums. Each phylum…

Q: Mammals are farther removed from echinoderms in phylogenetic alliance as they do with birds. Yet…

A: Birds and Mammals are different from each other in many morphological characters such as body hair,…

Q: List four differences between protostomes and deuterostomes.

A: In the living world, we see a large number of microorganisms, animals and plants. These organisms…

Q: Create lists of animal phyla that (a) are cephalized, (b) have an incomplete digestive tract, (c)…

A: The phylum is the third grade in the pecking order. Which has the details of the organism properties…

Q: List the predominant body plan (acoelomate, pseudocoelomate, or coelomate) for members of each…

A: Protostomes refers to a group of animals that have bilateral symmetry that is body is divided into…

Q: During chordate evolution, what is the sequence (from earliest to most recent) in which the…

A: Answer. Deuterostomic: The anus of the digestive tract develops first in the embryo and the mouth is…

Q: Describe the key dadptation of vertebrates.

A: In the kingdom Animalia, there are two taxa: chordates and vertebrates. Animalia is a kingdom that…

Q: Scales of modern teleosts differ from the ancestral state in that they _____.     are thicker and…

A: They are the members of actinopterygians.  They are marked by the body rays on their fins.…

Q: Briefly explain how radial symmetry and the lack of cephalization usually associated with it can…

A: Thank u for the question  Answer : Radial symmetry has an adaptive value for sessile animals because…

Q: Explain how the molluscan foot in gastropods and the excurrent siphon in -cephalopods represent…

A: Molluscs:          An invertebrate of the large phylum, that posses soft unsegmented body and often…

Q: Explain super class of vertebrates?

A: Vertebrates are those organisms that have a spinal cord and it is surrounded by bone or cartilage.…

Q: Describe any four lines of evidence for evolution of early tetropods from fish.

A: The beginning of tetrapods is largely connected with the rise of earthly vertebrate life. The…

Q: Use examples to explain how the external morphology of cephalopods has changed over evolutionary…

A: Mollusca is the largest marine phylum of the animal kingdom that is characterized by a mantle with a…

Q: (a). Explain FIVE (5) common body characteristics of Phylum Echinodermata by using modern echinoderm…

A: Introduction : Animals classified as invertebrates include echinoderms. Actually, the word means…

Q: Discuss the idea that every evolutionary adaptation has both advantages and disadvantages, using…

A: Cephalization is the development of ahead, where the sensory organs and the brain are organized.…

Q: Evolutionarily protochordates may be intermediate animals between invertebrates and vertebrates.…

A: The Echinoderms belong to the phylum Echinodermata. They possess radial symmetry and inhabit the…

Q: During chordate evolution, what is the sequence (from earliest to most recent) in which the…

A: To find What is the sequence in which the following structures evolved in chordate evolution?

Q: Describe three vertebrate adaptations to terrestrial life.

A: In the late Devonian era, the aquatic vertebrates are adapted to terrestrial vertebrates. This…

Q: What term should we use to describe the evolution of body types in the anole lizards?  Synomorphic…

A: A change in the characteristics of species over several generations to adapt to environmental change…

Q: Match the animal taxa (group) to the correct adaptation. radial cleavage of embryo, do not develop a…

A: 1/ Radial cleavage of embryo, do not develop a yolk egg, must have a larval stage before adul: The…

Q: A distinctive trait of robust australopithecines includes

A: Robust australopithecines had large premolars and molars, temporalis muscles and a sagittal crest…

Q: Diagram the evolutionary tree for chordates and indicate on the tree where major adaptations occur

A: Chordates aren't just vertebrates! Vertebrates are the most visible and well-known members of…

Q: Which structure classifies an organism as a gnathostome? a lateral line system a mineralized bony…

A: structures which classify gnathostome are Jawed fishes comprising of mostly of 90% living…

Q: Čompare the overall body plan of the prawn to that of an insect like a grasshopper (see drawings…

A: Along with arachnids, crustaceans (Prawn) and insects (grasshopper) belong to a similar…

Q: Understand the evolutionary history of reptiles.

A: The origin of reptiles is well suited to maintain life on land. Many features show a considerable…

Q: Discuss thoroughly how the vertebrate evolution was guided by the cephalization, jaw development,…

A: INTRODUCTION  In the vertebrate history there is an important significant impact has arised in the…

Q: Provide two examples from invertebrates of such ‘reverse evolution’ from a derived state…

A: Evolution refers to the change in the species characteristics over several generations. Evolution…

Q: AUTAPOMORPHY SYNAPOMORPHY PLESIOMORPHY SYMPLESIOMORPĤY

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Q: Compare the role of notochord in the early development of vertebrates and invertebrates.

A: introduction Animals lacking a skeletal system are known as invertebrates. As a result, the majority…

Q: Describe the forams and actinopods, and explain why many biologists classify them in the rhizarian…

A: Introduction The Rhizaria are a nebulous supergroup of primarily unicellular eukaryotes with a large…

Q: Describe the two major protostome clades and give a diagnostic feature for each

A: The term protostome is from the Greek word meaning "first mouth": "Proto" meaning first and "stoma"…

Q: A) Draw a phylogenetic tree for the major phyla of the animal kingdom. Label the appropriate branch…

A: Phylogenetic tree is a diagram that shows the pattern of evolution of a group of organism based on…

Q: Enumerate at least 3 unique features of cephalopods that identified them as active predators.…

A: Cephalopods "can change color faster than cats." These flexible mollusks are active swimmers who can…

Q: A synapomorphy and symplesiomorphy for the vertebrates (respectively) would be; True tissues,…

A: Animals with spinal cord surrounded by bone or cartilage are known as vertebrates. Whereas animals…

Q: Draw a simplified animal tree of life, indicating therelationships among sponges, cnidarians,…

A: Evolution is defined as the change in the characteristics of a particular species/organism over…

Q: Download a phylogenetic tree of Bilateria that includes the ten phyla of bilaterian discussed in…

A: A diagram is used to depict the evolutionary line of descent from a common ancestor for organisms,…

Q: Compare the overall body plan of the prawn to that of an insect like a grasshopper. What are two…

A: Both the organisms mentioned over here, the prawn(Dendrobranchiata) and the grasshopper(Orthoptera)…

Q: explain the Evolution of the reproductive organs from sponges to Chordates.

A: Some 750 million years agone, the last common spongey antecedent of all animals diverged, Pisani…

Q: Identify the shared features of early fossilvertebrates.

A: The organisms present in phylum Chordata are called vertebrates. Their key feature is the presence…

Q: List down the similarities and differences present between a cnidarian medusoid and an adult…

A: List down the similarities and differences present between a cnidarian medusoid and an adult…

Q: CHARACTER/ANIMAL PHARYNGEAL VERTEBRAE PAIRED SWIM APPENDAGES MUSCULAR SUCKER- FINS WITH MUSCULAR…

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Q: Describe and give examples of how humans display all of the features common to the animal kingdom.

A: The animal kingdom is one of the five kingdoms classified by R.H Whittaker. This kingdom consists of…

Q: provide an example of homologous traits shared by most tetropods.

A: Tetrapods involve a group of organisms that have four limbs or they're descended from tetrapod…

Q: For context: This activity will examine the classification of invertebrates and the methods used to…

A: Invertebrates: the animals lacking backbones and usually devoid of internal skeleton system, comes…

Q: Describe the origin of tetrapods and identify some of their keys derived traits

A: Tetrapods are four limbed animals . Animlas such as the amphibians, reptiles and mammals with four…

Animal Phylogeny

Cladistics is a method of biological classification where organisms are classified based on their ancestors and their relationship with them. It is defined as the concepts and methods for determining the branching patterns of evolution and evolutionary history. Some scientists, however, have preferred the term phylogenetic systematics or phylogenetic taxonomy to emphasize the reliance on a phylogeny for classification. It is the most common and accepted method for classifying organisms.