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Is the presence of myomeres a symplesiomorphic or synapomorphic feature of vertebrates compared to conditions in other deuterostome metazoans?
And are these structures symplesiomorphic, synapomorphic, or neither for vertebrates considered alone?
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Wouldn't the presence of myomeres in vertebrates be neither symplesiomorphic no synapomorphic when we look at the group alone?
Aren't symplesiomorphic and syapomorphic terms used in comparison to the features of other organisms?
Wouldn't the presence of myomeres in vertebrates be neither symplesiomorphic no synapomorphic when we look at the group alone?
Aren't symplesiomorphic and syapomorphic terms used in comparison to the features of other organisms?
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