Sponges No true tissues Cnidarians Radial symmetry Ancestral protist Molluscs Figure 17.6 An overview of animal phylogeny. Only 9 of the more than 30 animal Flatworms Tissues Annelids phyla (the exact number is not agreed upon) are included in the tree and in the text. The branching takes into account the Roundworms body plan, embryonic development, and genetic relationships of the organisms. Arthropods Bilateral symmetry Echinoderms Chordates

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In the phylogeny shown in Figure 17.6, chordates (the phylum that includes humans) are most closely related to which other animal phylum? 

Sponges
No true tissues
Cnidarians
Radial symmetry
Ancestral
protist
Molluscs
Figure 17.6 An
overview of animal
phylogeny. Only 9 of
the more than 30 animal
Flatworms
Tissues
Annelids
phyla (the exact number
is not agreed upon) are
included in the tree and
in the text. The branching
takes into account the
Roundworms
body plan, embryonic
development, and
genetic relationships of
the organisms.
Arthropods
Bilateral symmetry
Echinoderms
Chordates
Transcribed Image Text:Sponges No true tissues Cnidarians Radial symmetry Ancestral protist Molluscs Figure 17.6 An overview of animal phylogeny. Only 9 of the more than 30 animal Flatworms Tissues Annelids phyla (the exact number is not agreed upon) are included in the tree and in the text. The branching takes into account the Roundworms body plan, embryonic development, and genetic relationships of the organisms. Arthropods Bilateral symmetry Echinoderms Chordates
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