Question

What is notochord?

Answer 1

1. The notochord is an embryonic midline structure common to all members of the phylum chordata, providing both the mechanical and signaling cues to the developing embryo.
2. The phylum Chordata represents the most advanced group of animals. Vertebrates are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomic and segmented, with complex differentiation of body tissues and organs.