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Vertebrates (/ˈvɜːrtəbrɪts, -ˌbreɪts/) are
animals with a
vertebral column (backbone or spine), and a cranium, or skull. The
vertebral column surrounds...
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Vertebrate zoology is the
biological discipline that
consists of the
study of
Vertebrate animals, i.e.,
animals with a backbone, such as fish, amphibians...
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vertebrate animals belonging to the
clade Amniota, a
large group that
comprises the vast
majority of
living terrestrial and
semiaquatic vertebrates....
- 'mouth') are
jawed vertebrates.
Gnathostome diversity comprises roughly 60,000 species,
which accounts for 99% of all
extant vertebrates,
including all living...
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evolutionary biology,
mimicry in
vertebrates is
mimicry by a
vertebrate of some
model (an animal, not
necessarily a
vertebrate),
deceiving some
other animal...
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brain is an
organ that
serves as the
center of the
nervous system in all
vertebrate and most
invertebrate animals. It
consists of
nervous tissue and is typically...
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first arose in
wormlike organisms about 550 to 600
million years ago. In
vertebrates, it
consists of two main parts, the
central nervous system (CNS) and...
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including all
animals excluding the
chordate subphylum Vertebrata, i.e.
vertebrates. Well-known
phyla of
invertebrates include arthropods, molluscs, annelids...
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conodonts and cephalaspidomorphs,
among others). They are
sister to
vertebrates with jaws
known as gnathostomes, who
evolved from
jawless ancestors during...
- The
domestication of
vertebrates is the
mutual relationship between vertebrate animals,
including birds and mammals, and the
humans who
influence their...
