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Define Metameres. |
| Answer» Metamerism\xa0is a condition in which an organism forms or possesses a linear series of body segments. For\xa0example, in animals,\xa0metamerism\xa0is exhibited by earthworms. Their body is divided into segments or metameres. ... The strict serial succession of metameres is particularly called homonymous metametry.\xa0Metameric segmentation\xa0is true\xa0segmentation\xa0in which external\xa0segmentation\xa0corresponds to the internal\xa0segmentation\xa0and the body is divided into a number of segments. Animals which belong to phyla Annelida and Arthropoda exhibit\xa0metameric segmentation. | |