Construct a dichotomous key to the classes of vertebrates using the table of characteristics below.

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Construct a dichotomous key to the classes
of vertebrates using the table of characteristics below.

Class
Hairs
Feathers
Jaws
Skeleton
Paired fins
Scales
Agnatha
cartilaginous
Osteichthyes
+
bony
+
+
Chondrichthyes
cartilaginous
+
+
Amphibia
bony
Reptilia
+
bony
Mammalia
+
+
bony
Aves
+
+
bony
+
+ I +
+
Transcribed Image Text:Class Hairs Feathers Jaws Skeleton Paired fins Scales Agnatha cartilaginous Osteichthyes + bony + + Chondrichthyes cartilaginous + + Amphibia bony Reptilia + bony Mammalia + + bony Aves + + bony + + I + +
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