By looking at a cross section you can sometimes tell if an organism has bilateral symmetry or radial symmetry. Which type of symmetry do you think the roundworm displays? Explain.

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By looking at a cross section you can sometimes tell if an organism has bilateral symmetry or radial symmetry. Which type of symmetry do you think the roundworm displays? Explain.

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Transcribed Image Text:Contrast Cross section of roundworm Save Labels Close 000 00 5 mm scale (68%) Nematodes range from the microscopic to about 20 cm, perhaps longer. Most are less than 1 mm in length. This is a cross section of a human intestinal worm Ascaris Iumhricoides. Ferron Andersen Magnification
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