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Is our retina really upside down?
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posted on 2023-06-10, 06:12 authored by Thomas BadenThomas Baden, Dan-Eric NilssonIn the vertebrate eye, photoreceptors are covered beneath a thick sheet of neural retina and face away from the light. This seemingly awkward arrangement has led to the popular notion that our retinas are upside down, implying a deep design flaw. Baden and Nilsson argue that, from an evolutionary perspective, an inverted design actually offers many notable benefits that might have never been exploited if things had started off the other way round.
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Current BiologyISSN
0960-9822Publisher
ElsevierExternal DOI
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7Volume
32Page range
R300-R303Event location
EnglandDepartment affiliated with
- Neuroscience Publications
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2023-02-10First Open Access (FOA) Date
2023-04-12First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2023-02-10Usage metrics
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