Eye evolution: the blurry beginning.
Recent work on the expression of retinal transcription factors and other molecular cues delivers interesting but partly contradictory information on the early phases of eye evolution.
Nilsson
Dan-E
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Department of Cell and Organism Biology, Lund University, Zoology Building, Helgonavägen 3, 22362, Lund, Sweden. dan-e.nilsson@cob.lu.se
Arendt
Detlev
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D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005123:Eye / Q000196:embryology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D005136:Eye Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D020419:Photoreceptor Cells, Vertebrate / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D014785:Vision, Ocular / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology
D005136:Eye Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors