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  • In some animal groups, the body is found divided into compartments with a serial repetition of at least some organs. This characteristic feature is called

In some animal groups, the body is found divided into compartments with a serial repetition of at least some organs. This characteristic feature is called
a. Segmentation
b. Metamerism
c. Metagenesis
d. Metamorphosis

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Ans-The answer is Option (b) Metamerism

Explanation: -
The body in some animal is externally as well as internally separated into fragments with a serial repetition of at least some organs. This is called Metamerism. In other words, Metamerism is the condition of being constructed of a linear series of repeating
parts. For example, in the earthworm, the body shows Metamerism.If we talk about Metagenesis, it is the reproduction cycle of an organism alternating between sexual and asexual mode. The Metamorphosis is the process through which animals such as amphibians, insects, and a few aquatic animals, experience extreme physical changes after birth.

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