Question : Give scientific reasons for the statements : All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates.

Question : Give scientific reasons for the statements : All vertebrat

1.	Question : Give scientific reasons for the statements : All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates.
Answer» Solution :All the vertebrates have a BACKBONE called vertebral column on the dorsal side in the body. The vertebral column develops by the transformation of NOTOCHORD. Thus, notochord is a must for the formation of vertebral column. HENCE, all the vertebrates are BASICALLY CHORDATES.