| Range |
~96 %
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| Organism |
Metazoa animals |
| Reference |
Fernald RD. Casting a genetic light on the evolution of eyes. Science. 2006 Sep 29 313(5795):1914-8 DOI: 10.1126/science.1127889 p.1914 middle column top paragraphPubMed ID17008522
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| Primary Source |
[2] M. F. Land, D.-E. Nilsson, Animal Eyes (Oxford Animal Biology Series, Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 2002), pp. 1–15. |
| Comments |
P.1914 left column bottom paragraph: "Image-forming eyes appeared in 6 of the 33 extant metazoan phyla (Cnidaria, Mollusca, Annelida, Onychophora, Arthropoda, and Chordata), and these six contribute about 96% of the known species alive today (primary source)." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
117179 |