Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
Which of the following is not a chordate characteristics?

Dorsal supporting rod, the notochord

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Dorsal hollow nerve cord

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Pharyngeal pouches

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Vertebral column

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Solution

The correct option is D Vertebral column
The main chordate characteristics are a dorsal, hollow nerve chord, notochord at some time during development, pharyngeal gill slits at some time during development and a muscular post-anal tail at some during development. However, vertebrates are differentiated by having a vertebral column.
So, the correct option is, 'Vertebral column'.

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