How is the body-fluid composition of hagfishes different from that of other vertebrates? How does this difference figure in the debate about whether vertebrates arose in fresh or salt water?
What will be an ideal response?
Hagfishes have body fluids that have the same ionic concentration as seawater, while other vertebrates have "dilute" body fluids (i.e., about one-third the concentration of seawater), like other marine animals.
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Indicate whether the statement is true or false
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A. anterior pituitary B. hypothalamus C. follicular cells of the thyroid gland D. posterior pituitary
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