protochordates

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A form of protochordate — Any chordate of the phyla Hemichordata, Urochordata or Cephalochordata

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of protochordate

    In taxa after protochordates, additional Rho GTPase genes arose without further expansion of subfamily members as a result of whole-genome duplication, gene duplication and retrotransposition [1, 24 ].

    2015 December 4, “The Rho GTPase Family Genes in Bivalvia Genomes: Sequence, Evolution and Expression Analysis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
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