Noun
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body plan (plural body plans)
The morphological features common to a group of (typically, related) animals
Differences in deployment of toolkit genes affect the body plan and the number, identity, and pattern of body parts. Source: Internet
Kobayashi M, Furuya H, Wada H (2009) Molecular markers comparing the extremely simple body plan of dicyemids to that of lophotrochozoans: insight from the expression patterns of Hox, Otx, and brachyury. Source: Internet
Like the northern pike and other aggressive pikes, the body plan is typical of ambush predators with an elongated body, flat head, and dorsal, pelvic and anal fins set far back on the body. Source: Internet
The bilaterally symmetric body plan of vertebrate embryos is obvious in somites and their derivates such as the vertebral column. Source: Internet
In a study that assumes the hominin status of Ardipithecus ramidus, it has been argued the species represents a heterochronic alteration of the more general great ape body plan. Source: Internet
Pikaia was an early chordate from the Middle Cambrian Opabinia was a creature with an unusual body plan; it was probably related to arthropods Protichnites were the trackways of arthropods that walked Cambrian beaches. Source: Internet