Paleontologists at University College Cork have discovered that the evolution of fish is linked to the shape, location and ...
Tiny pigment granules in fossil fish eyes mirror patterns in living species, revealing ancient clues to vision and raising ...
The origin of the vertebrate skull is a topic of much debate among evolutionary biologists. Some believe that the vertebrate head has developed as a result of modification of the segmental elements of ...
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE AND NOTES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- 1. Before Animals -- 2. Phylogenetics and the Base of the Animal Tree of Life -- 3. Ctenophora -- 4 ...
1. The Evolution and Diversity of Pineal and Parapineal Photopigments -- 2. The Evolution and Function of Melanopsin in Craniates -- 3. The Evolution of Non-visual Photopigments in the Central Nervous ...
Invertebrate research bias in ecology is measurable and worsening: a new audit of 1.38 million papers across 612 journals by UNSW researchers finds vertebrate studies attract 43% more online attention ...
Paired appendages — the pectoral and pelvic fins of fishes and the forelimbs and hindlimbs of tetrapods — were a major innovation in vertebrate ...
Scientists have investigated lamprey embryos using cutting-edge microscopic techniques to reveal interesting insights about vertebrate head evolution, clarifying an unresolved mystery in basic science ...