The Evolution of Eyes

Brain, Behavior and Evolution

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 253-259

  Fernald, Russell D ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Development; Evolution; Eye; Lens; Monophyletic; Opsin; Pax 6; Vision

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EYE PROTEIN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEIN; OPSIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR PAX6;

ANIMAL; EVOLUTION; EYE; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; VERTEBRATE; VISION;

ANIMALS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EVOLUTION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; EYE; EYE PROTEINS; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; OPSIN; PAIRED BOX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VERTEBRATES; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; MOLLUSCA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030631772     PISSN: 00068977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000113339     Document Type: Article

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