amphioxus
/ˌæmfiˈɑksəs/
noun
A lancelet that is caught for food in parts of Asia.
Thus amphioxus is the only chordate species in which distinct insulin and IGF genes have not been found.
noun
A lancelet that is caught for food in parts of Asia.
Thus amphioxus is the only chordate species in which distinct insulin and IGF genes have not been found.
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