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Compound Eye, Arthropod

Known as: Arthropod Compound Eye, Arthropod Compound Eyes, Compound Eyes, Arthropod 
Light sensory organ in ARTHROPODS consisting of a large number of ommatidia, each functioning as an independent photoreceptor unit.
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2013
2013
Discovery of some 400 million year-old sensory structures in the compound eyes of trilobites
Fossilised arthropod compound eyes have frequently been described. Among the oldest known are those from the lower Cambrian of… 
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2003
Highly Cited
2003
On Homology of Arthropod Compound Eyes1
Abstract Eyes serve as models to understand the evolution of complex traits, with broad implications for the origins of… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Molecular phylogenetic evidence for the independent evolutionary origin of an arthropod compound eye
Eyes often take a central role in discussions of evolution, with debate focused on how often such complex organs might have… 
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1997
Highly Cited
1997
A glimpse into crabworld
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1975
Highly Cited
1975
Retinal resistance barriers and electrical lateral inhibition
EXTRACELLULAR fields around active neural tissues are usually only a small fraction of the transmembrane voltages generating them… 
1971
1971
Inhomogeneous Refractive Index in the Crystalline Cone of a Moth Eye
FROM investigations of arthropod compound eyes, Exner concluded that a dioptric effect in each ommatidium was due not only to the… 
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1969
Highly Cited
1969
Sense-cell structure and interspecies comparisons of polarized-light absorption in arthropod compound eyes.
1969
1969
Optics of Arthropod Compound Eye
The extent to which light can escape from one ommatidium into its neighbors in the compound eye has been examined by recording… 
1969
1969
Eye Glow in the Moth and Superposition Theory
EXNER'S theory of the formation of a retinal image by superposition1 in certain arthropod compound eyes requires that an object… 
1967
1967
The rhabdomeric microvilli of several arthropod compound eyes kept in darkness
SummaryElectron microscopical studies were made on the fine structure of the rhabdomeric microvilli of the compound eyes of seven… 
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