Eye evolution: two eyes can be better than one.
The development of our eyes is owed in part to ancestral structures which functioned in phototaxis. With the origin of bilateral annelid larva, two eyes co-evolved with neurons to improve phototaxis performance.
Foster
Kenneth W
KW
Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. kwfoster@syr.edu
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