A unique advantage for giant eyes in giant squid

Current Biology

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 683-688

  Nilsson, Dan Eric ^a   Warrant, Eric J ^a   Johnsen, Sönke ^b   Hanlon, Roger ^c   Shashar, Nadav ^d  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEPHALOPOD; ECOSYSTEM; EVOLUTION; EYE; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPERM WHALE; VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DECAPODIFORMES; ECOSYSTEM; EYE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OCULAR PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPERM WHALE; VISION, OCULAR;

ANIMALIA; ARCHITEUTHIS; CEPHALOPODA; MESONYCHOTEUTHIS; PHYSETERIDAE;

EID: 84860315821     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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