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Shape of Life: Chordate Animation: Amphioxus to Vertebrate Body Plan

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Amphioxus' body plan shows what a vertebrate's ancestor might have looked like with a nerve cord, a brain, gill slits, segmented muscles and a notochord that would become the discs in the backbone. [1:31]

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evolution, chordates
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vertebrate body plan, amphioxus, chordate animation, chordate animation: amphioxus to vertebrate body plan, sea studios foundation, shape of life
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