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The Evolution of Eyes
Russell D. Fernald
The Evolution of Eyes
Why Do We See What We See?
How Do Eyes Work and How Did They Evolve?
How Do Eyes Capture Photons?
Where Do Lenses Come From?
Eyes: Convergence or Homology?
Conclusions
References
Biography
References

1 Fernald RD: Aquatic Adaptations in Fish Eyes. New York, Springer, 1988.
2 Fernald RD: The evolution of eyes. Brain Behav Evol 1997;50:253-259.
3 Conway-Morris S.: The Crucible of Creation. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1998.
4 Land MF, Fernald RD: The evolution of eyes. Annu Rev Neurosci 1992;15:1-29.
5 Nilsson DE: Vision optics and evolution. Bioscience 1989;39:298-307.
6 Graw J: Genetic aspects of embryonic eye development in vertebrates. Dev Gen 1996;18:181-197.
7 Halder G, Callaerts P, Gehring WJ: Induction of ectopic eyes by targeted expression of the eyeless gene in Drosophila. Science 1995;267:1788-1792.
8 Doolittle RF: More molecular opportunism. Nature 1988;336:18.
9 Gehring WJ, Ikeo K: Pax 6: Mastering eye morphogenesis and eye evolution. Trends Genet 1999;15:371-377.
10 Fernald RD: Evolution of eyes. Curr Opin Neurobiol 2000;10:444-450.

 

Russell Fernald

Biography

Russell D. Fernald is Benjamin Scott Crocker Professor of Human Biology and Professor of Psychology at Stanford University, California. His research is focused on understanding how the vertebrate visual system develops and how vision influences the behavior of animals. Dr. Fernald is an editorial board member of the Karger journal Brain Behavior and Evolution.

Russell D. Fernald, Ph.D
Benjamin Scott Crocker Professor of Human Biology
Neuroscience Program and
Dept. of Psychology, Bldg. 420
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-2130 (USA)

E-mail: russ@psych.stanford.edu
Homepage: http://www.stanford.edu/group/fernaldlab

The Evolution of Eyes
Why Do We See What We See?
How Do Eyes Work and How Did They Evolve?
How Do Eyes Capture Photons?
Where Do Lenses Come From?
Eyes: Convergence or Homology?
Conclusions
References
Biography

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