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Evolution: Blinking through deep time

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Malcolm A. MacIver *
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Terrestrial vertebrates blink, but most aquatic vertebrates do not. How and why did blinking evolve? A recent study looks at this through the eyes of a mudskipper, fish that stay on land for long periods and blink.
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MORPHOLOGY

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Northwestern University
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Massive increase in visual range preceded the origin of terrestrial vertebrates
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errMacIver, Malcolm A.; Schmitz, Lars; Mugan, Ugurcan; Murphey, Todd D.; Mobley, Curtis D.
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Visual Acuity and the Evolution of Signals
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errCaves, Eleanor M.; Brandley, Nicholas C.; Johnsen, Sonke
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The origin of blinking in both mudskippers and tetrapods is linked to life on land
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errAiello, Brett R.; Bhamla, M. Saad; Gau, Jeff; Morris, John G. L.; Bomar, Kenji; da Cunha, Shashwati; Fu, Harrison; Laws, Julia; Minoguchi, Hajime; Sripathi, Manognya; Washington, Kendra; Wong, Gabriella; Shubin, Neil H.; Sponberg, Simon; Stewart, Thomas A.
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