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# Bilateria
- A 3rd germ layer on top of [[Eumetazoa]], the [[mesoderm]]
- Bilaterally symmetric
- The [[Urbilaterian]]:
- MRCA of the Bilaterians
- Must have been extremely unspecialized to give rise to both
[[deuterostomia|deuterostomes]] and [[protostomia|protostomes]]
- Anterior to Posterior positioning controlled by [[hox-genes|Hox Genes]]
- In this case, they're called Hox cluster genes