📚 node [[bilateria]]

Bilateria

  • A 3rd germ layer on top of [[Eumetazoa]], the [[mesoderm]]
  • Bilaterally symmetric
  • The [[Urbilaterian]]:
    • MRCA of the Bilaterians
    • Must have been extremely unspecialized to give rise to both [[deuterostomes]] and [[protostomes]]
  • Anterior to Posterior positioning controlled by [[Hox Genes]]
    • In this case, they're called Hox cluster genes
📖 stoas
⥱ context
⥅ related node [[urbilaterian]]