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The origin of blinking in both mudskippers and tetrapods is linked to life on land

Blinking, the transient occlusion of the eye by one or more membranes, serves several functions including wetting, protecting, and cleaning the eye. This behavior is seen in nearly all living tetrapods and absent in other extant sarcopterygian lineages suggesting that it might have arisen during the...

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Autores principales: Aiello, Brett R., Bhamla, M. Saad, Gau, Jeff, Morris, John G. L., Bomar, Kenji, da Cunha, Shashwati, Fu, Harrison, Laws, Julia, Minoguchi, Hajime, Sripathi, Manognya, Washington, Kendra, Wong, Gabriella, Shubin, Neil H., Sponberg, Simon, Stewart, Thomas A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10160996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37094121
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2220404120