amphioxus
Americannoun
plural
amphioxi, amphioxusesnoun
Etymology
Origin of amphioxus
1830–40; < New Latin: literally, sharp at both ends < Greek amphi- amphi- + oxýs pointed
Example Sentences
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All homeobox genes identified in the genomes of the two hemichordates and amphioxus are listed in the Supplementary Table for Extended Data Fig.
From Nature • Nov. 17, 2015
Then we calculated the orthologous gene groups shared by each amphioxus ALG–Saccoglossus scaffold pair and generated the dot plot as described in Supplementary Note 7.
From Nature • Nov. 17, 2015
All homeobox genes identified in the genomes of the two hemichordates and amphioxus are listed in the Supplementary Table for Extended Data Fig.
From Nature • Nov. 17, 2015
As in amphioxus, the pharynx of Saccoglossus is heavily ciliated44, 45, and cells of the pharyngeal walls in hemichordates and the ventral endostyle in amphioxus secrete abundant mucins and glycoproteins46.
From Nature • Nov. 17, 2015
A similar fringe, going round the greater part of the body, is found to-day in the amphioxus and the cyclostoma; we also find one in the tail of fish-larvae and tadpoles.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 1 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
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