Allometry indicates giant eyes of giant squid are not exceptional

BACKGROUND: The eyes of giant and colossal squid are among the largest eyes in the history of life. It was recently proposed that sperm whale predation is the main driver of eye size evolution in giant squid, on the basis of an optical model that suggested optimal performance in detecting large lumi...

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Autores principales: Schmitz, Lars, Motani, Ryosuke, Oufiero, Christopher E, Martin, Christopher H, McGee, Matthew D, Gamarra, Ashlee R, Lee, Johanna J, Wainwright, Peter C
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3661360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-45

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3661360/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23418818
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-45

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