title: Eye evolution: two eyes can be better than one.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Physics Department, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA. kwfoster@syr.edu
authors.forename: Kenneth W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Foster
mesh_terms: D055134:Allomyces / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D005075:Biological Evolution; D002465:Cell Movement; D002696:Chlamydomonas / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D005123:Eye; D007814:Larva / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology; D008027:Light; D017956:Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate / Q000502:physiology