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On the sighted ancestry of blindness – exceptionally preserved eyes of Mesozoic polychelidan lobsters
BACKGROUND: Modern representatives of Polychelida (Polychelidae) are considered to be entirely blind and have largely reduced eyes, possibly as an adaptation to deep-sea environments. Fossil species of Polychelida, however, appear to have well-developed compound eyes preserved as anterior bulges wit...
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4947519/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27429789 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40851-016-0049-0 |