The evolution of phototransduction and eyes
Author(s) -
Trevor D. Lamb,
Detlev Arendt,
Shaun P. Collin
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society b biological sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.753
H-Index - 272
eISSN - 1471-2970
pISSN - 0962-8436
DOI - 10.1098/rstb.2009.0106
Subject(s) - visual phototransduction , biology , evolutionary biology , neuroscience , retina
Charles Darwin was acutely aware of the need to account for the evolution of ‘organs of extreme perfection’ such as the eye and, in particular, of the importance of demonstrating that numerous gradations in complexity have existed, with each intermediate stage having provided some kind of
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