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Anatomy, Physiology, and Disorders of the Spectacle, Subspectacular Space, and Its Lacrimal Drainage System in Squamates

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Various snake and lizard species have transparent and fused eyelids that make up a spectacle. From an evolutionary point of view, it is assumed that ancestral snakes developed this structure to protect the eye as an adaptation to their burrowing, underground existence. Between the sp...

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Autores principales: Hellebuyck, Tom, Solanes Vilanova, Ferran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10044692/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36978648
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ani13061108