Lukas VF Novak on Nostr: Unraveling the mystery of #chiton visual systems ...
Unraveling the mystery of #chiton visual systems https://news.ucsb.edu/2024/021384/unraveling-mystery-chiton-visual-systems
A morphological basis for path-dependent #evolution of visual systems: Rebecca Varney et al. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg2689
"You’d probably walk past a chiton without seeing it. These creatures often look like nothing more than another speck of seaweed. But it sees you. At least, if it’s one of the species with eyes dotting its platemail shell... some of these tough #mollusks sport the most recently evolved eyes with a lens"
A morphological basis for path-dependent #evolution of visual systems: Rebecca Varney et al. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adg2689
"You’d probably walk past a chiton without seeing it. These creatures often look like nothing more than another speck of seaweed. But it sees you. At least, if it’s one of the species with eyes dotting its platemail shell... some of these tough #mollusks sport the most recently evolved eyes with a lens"