The evolution of the eye from algae and jellyfish to humans : how vision adapts to environment /

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Author / Creator:Hudson, Arthur J. (Arthur James), 1924-
Imprint:Lewiston, N.Y. : Edwin Mellen Press, c2010.
Description:iv, 154 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8050206
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ISBN:9780773436992
0773436995
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • The beginning of life on earth
  • Eyespots and the earliest forms of the eye
  • Aquatic invertebrate eyes
  • The eyes of insects (hexapoda)
  • Crustacean eyes
  • The eyes of spiders
  • Vertebrate eyes
  • The eyes of fish and other marine vertebrates
  • Eyes of amphibia, reptiles and birds
  • Mammals
  • Genetic control mechanisms in the evolution of the eye.