stoutfellow: (Ben)
stoutfellow ([personal profile] stoutfellow) wrote2007-01-12 10:39 am
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Turning an Eye Blind

Courtesy of [livejournal.com profile] threeringedmoon, an article by PZ Myers on How the Cavefish Lost Its Eyes. (For the record, I always assumed explanation #1 was the correct one.)

[identity profile] hornedhopper.livejournal.com 2007-01-12 05:06 pm (UTC)(link)
I found most fascinating in the article that a transplantation of a lens from a sighted cavefish gave a fully functioning eye to an eyeless non-sighted cavefish embryo.