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How can a notochord differ from a proper
backbone?

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Answer:

is that notochord is a flexible rodlike structure that forms the main support of the body in the lowest chordates; a primitive spine while backbone is the series of vertebrae, separated by disks, that encloses and protects the spinal cord, and runs down the middle of the back in vertebrate animals.

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