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Body plan

A body plan, Bauplan (pl. German: Baupläne), or ground plan is a set of morphological features common to many members of a phylum of animals. The vertebrates share one body plan, while invertebrates have many.

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Body plan

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see also · 18
Body plan → American, Anatomical, Carroll, Comparison, Control, Dispute, Division, Ediacaran, Evolution, Evolutionary, Geometric, Growth, Life, Phylum, Segmentation, Standard, Structure, Taxonomic
related to External links · 8
Body plan → Activin The Science, Carroll, Developmental Biology, Evolution, Mesoderm, Online, Patterning, Sean
related to Cuvier, 1817 · 6
Body plan → Cuvier, French, Georges Cuvier, In, Le Règne Animal, Taking
related to Haeckel, 1866 · 6
Body plan → Cuvier, Ernst Haeckel, Generelle Morphologie, Haeckel's, His, Organismen
related to history · 6
Body plan → Among, Cuvier, For, Haeckel, Linnaeus, Protista
related to Origin · 6
Body plan → Cambrian, However, Palaeozoic, Precambrian Ediacaran, The, Thus
related to Genetic basis · 4
Body plan → Developmental, Drosophila, Genes, The

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symmetryinstance ofencompassing aspects0.80text
layersinstance ofencompassing aspects0.80text
segmentationinstance ofencompassing aspects0.80text
nerveinstance ofencompassing aspects0.80text
limbinstance ofencompassing aspects0.80text
and gut dispositioninstance ofencompassing aspects0.80text
the phenomenon referred to as phylotypic stageinstance ofRecent studies in animals and plants started to investigate whether evolutionary constraints on body plan structures can explain the presence of developmental constraints during…0.80text
Body planrelated to Cuvier, 1817In0.60section
Body planrelated to Cuvier, 1817Le Règne Animal0.60section
Body planrelated to Cuvier, 1817French0.60section
Body planrelated to Cuvier, 1817Georges Cuvier0.60section
Body planrelated to Cuvier, 1817Taking0.60section

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    Body plan

    Nodes81
    Edges80
    Triples61
    Avg. degree1.98
    Density0.024691
    Components1
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