Optic-nerve-transmitted eyeshine, a new type of light emission from fish eyes

BACKGROUND: Most animal eyes feature an opaque pigmented eyecup to assure that light can enter from one direction only. We challenge this dogma by describing a previously unknown form of eyeshine resulting from light that enters the eye through the top of the head and optic nerve, eventually emanati...

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Autores principales: Fritsch, Roland, Ullmann, Jeremy F. P., Bitton, Pierre-Paul, Collin, Shaun P., Michiels, Nico K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
Materias:
Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5327540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28261313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0198-9

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5327540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28261313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-017-0198-9

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