Tag Archives: eye evolution

What genes tell us about pinhole- and camera-eye evolution in cephalopods

Posted on May 28, 2014 by LS

By Nolan Lassiter (Pitzer College) and Ryan Madden (Pitzer College) [Edited by Lars Schmitz, as part of BIOL 167 “Sensory Evolution”, an upper division class at the W.M. Keck Science Department. Written for educational purposes only]. Imagine how difficult it … Continue reading →

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San Diego Zoo

Posted on April 22, 2013 by LS

As part of my class on “Sensory Evolution” we went on a field trip to the San Diego Zoo. A few impressions below. Can you spot the nictitating membrane in the Komodo Dragon and the cloudy eye in the Gopher … Continue reading →

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Are the eyes of giant squid unusually large?

Posted on February 19, 2013 by LS

Giant squid are arguably one of the most fascinating and enigmatic marine organisms. We just don’t know much about their natural history and morphology at all, and the little that we do know makes them even more interesting: their enormous … Continue reading →

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Eyes drive diversification

Posted on May 18, 2012 by LS

Just saw a cool paper by Martin Aberhahn, Sabine Nürnberg, and Wolfgang Kiessling that came out in Paleobiology recently (Paleobiology 38(2):187-204. 2012). I have several marine mammal papers lined up that I would like to talk about, but the Aberhahn … Continue reading →

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An optical illusion?

Posted on July 1, 2011 by LS

Zooplanktivory is one of the most distinct feeding niches in coral reef fish and many morphological traits have been interpreted as adaptations to feeding on plankton in the water column above the reef. One of these traditional hypotheses is that … Continue reading →

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