Structure and development of onychophoran eyes: What is the ancestral visual organ in arthropods?

Arthropod Structure and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-245

  Mayer, Georg ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Arthropoda; Central body; Ocellus; Onychophora; Optic ganglion; Optic neuropil; Optic tract; Photoreceptor; Rudimentary cilia

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECTODERM; EMBRYO; EYE; EYE DEVELOPMENT; HYPOTHESIS; INNERVATION; MORPHOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; ONTOGENY; PALEONTOLOGY; STRUCTURAL HOMOLOGY; VISUAL CORTEX; VISUAL SYSTEM;

ARTHROPODA; EPIPERIPATUS BIOLLEYI; METAPERIPATUS; ONYCHOPHORA; PERIPATIDAE; PERIPATOPSIDAE;

EID: 33845308223     PISSN: 14678039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asd.2006.06.003     Document Type: Article

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