The functional principles of eye evolution: Light-sensitive stem cells provide new insight

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult ...

This “Simple” Sea Worm Has a Secret: Eyes That Never Stop Growing

Light-sensitive stem cells let bristleworms grow their eyes for life, shedding new light on how vision evolved.
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New insight into the functional principles of eye evolution

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult ...
Science Daily

A tiny ocean worm just revealed a big secret about how eyes evolve

Scientists found that adult bristleworm eyes grow continuously thanks to a rim of neural stem cells similar to those in ...
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Neural stem cells drive lifelong eye growth in marine bristleworms

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue to grow throughout life – driven by a ring of ...
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New Insights Into Eye Evolution Principles

A new study, led by the University of Vienna and the Alfred Wegener Institute in Bremerhaven, shows how the eyes of adult marine bristleworms continue ...
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Evolution of visual and non-visual pigments / David M. Hunt, Mark W. Hankins, Shaun P. Collin, N. Justin Marshall, editors

1. The Evolution and Diversity of Pineal and Parapineal Photopigments -- 2. The Evolution and Function of Melanopsin in Craniates -- 3. The Evolution of Non-visual Photopigments in the Central Nervous ...
Scientific American

A Random Influx of DNA from a Virus Helped Vertebrates Become So Stunningly Successful

Charles Darwin proposed that evolution is driven by gradual variations in organisms that have a survival advantage in a changing environment. But University of Maryland evolutionary biologist Karen ...