All vertebrates (including humans) share all of the following anatomical traits except: O a body plan that is composed of an inner tube surrounded by an outer tube O the left half of the body is essentially a mirror image of the right half O a set of 4 limbs that are paired in both structure and function O there is a hollow nerve cord running along the back O pouches in the throat that correspond to the clefts between the gills of fish

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