Development of the Lateral Eye of Juvenile Limulus

Development of the Lateral Eye of Juvenile Limulus

A horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, begins life with approximately 6 ommatidia in each of its lateral eyes. When the animal matures, each eye will have close to 1000 ommatidia. Determining the retinal location of all added ommatidia may help to explain how subunits of the optic nerve develop and h...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Biological bulletin (Lancaster) 2002-10, Vol.203 (2), p.222-223
Hauptverfasser: Smith, K., Ridings, C., Dodge, F. A., Barlow, R. B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Analysis
Animals
Cornea
Crabs
Crustaceans
Developmental biology
Embryonic stem cells
Eye
Eye - growth & development
Eyes
Eyes & eyesight
Horseshoe Crabs
Ommatidia
Optic nerve
Scars
Stem cells
Studia Limulorum
Vision research
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Zusammenfassung:A horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, begins life with approximately 6 ommatidia in each of its lateral eyes. When the animal matures, each eye will have close to 1000 ommatidia. Determining the retinal location of all added ommatidia may help to explain how subunits of the optic nerve develop and how retinotopic maps form in the central visual pathways of the brain.
ISSN:0006-3185
1939-8697
DOI:10.2307/1543408