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Transcriptome Analysis of Nautilus and Pygmy Squid Developing Eye Provides Insights in Lens and Eye Evolution

Coleoid cephalopods like squids have a camera-type eye similar to vertebrates. On the other hand, Nautilus (Nautiloids) has a pinhole eye that lacks lens and cornea. Since pygmy squid and Nautilus are closely related species they are excellent model organisms to study eye evolution. Having being abl...

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Autores principales: Sousounis, Konstantinos, Ogura, Atsushi, Tsonis, Panagiotis A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3803853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24205087
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078054