NEET Previous Year Question
All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates, why?
Topic: NEET PYQ
Answer: D. Full step-by-step solution below.
- AVentral hollow nerve cord remains throughout life in some chordates
- BAll chordates possess vertebral column
- CAll chordates possess notochord throughout their life
- DNotochord is replaced by vertebral column in adult of some chordates
Correct answer: D
Solution
(d) The members of subphylum Vertebrata possess notochord during the embryonic period. The notochord is replaced by a cartilaginous or bony vertebral column in the adult. Thus all vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates.More Animal Kingdom PYQs
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