A morphological basis for path dependent evolution of visual systems
R. M. Varney, D. I. Speiser, J. Cannon, M. Aguilar, T. H. Oakley
The paper demonstrates path-dependent evolution of visual systems in chitons, showing that the number of optic nerve openings constrains the type of visual system that evolves.
bioRxiv · Dec 20, 2022Evolutionary Biology