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How do tunicates and lancelets differ from other chordates?

How do tunicates and lancelets differ from other chordates?-example-1

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During their embryonic stage they have a flexible cord that supports their bodies which disappears in the adult stage. Some of these develop bones surrounding the cord in the adult stage rather than have it disappear.