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The Visual System in Vertebrates

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Authors:
  1. F. Crescitelli
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  2. C.A. Dvorak
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  3. D.J. Eder
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  4. A.M. Granda
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  5. D. Hamasaki
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  6. K. Holmberg
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  7. A. Hughes
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  8. N.A. Locket
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  9. W.N. McFarland
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  10. D.B. Meyer
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  11. W.R.A. Muntz
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  12. F.W. Munz
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  13. E.C. Olson
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  14. R.W. Reyer
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Editors:
  1. Frederick Crescitelli

    1. Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

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Part of the book series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology (SENSORY, volume 7 / 5)

Part of the book sub series: Autrum,H.(Eds):Hdbk Sens.Physiology Vol 7 (1536)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XI
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  2. The History of the Vertebrates

    • E.C. Olson
    Pages 1-45

  3. The Cyclostome Retina

    • Kaj Holmberg
    Pages 47-66

  4. Adaptations to the Deep-Sea Environment

    • N.A. Locket
    Pages 67-192

  5. Evolutionary Adaptations of Fishes to the Photic Environment

    • F.W. Munz, W.N. McFarland
    Pages 193-274

  6. The Visual World of the Amphibia

    • W.R.A. Muntz
    Pages 275-307

  7. The Amphibian Eye: Development and Regeneration

    • R.W. Reyer
    Pages 309-390

  8. The Visual Pigments of Geckos and other Vertebrates: An Essay in Comparative Biology

    • F. Crescitelli
    Pages 391-449

  9. Vision in Turtles

    • A.M. Granda, C.A. Dvorak
    Pages 451-495

  10. Adaptive Radiation of the Pineal System

    • D.I. Hamasaki, D.J. Eder
    Pages 497-548

  11. The Avian Eye and its Adaptations

    • David B. Meyer
    Pages 549-611

  12. The Topography of Vision in Mammals of Contrasting Life Style: Comparative Optics and Retinal Organisation

    • Austin Hughes
    Pages 613-756

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 757-813
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About this book

The vertebrate eye has been, and continues to be, an object of interest and of inquiry for biologists, physicists, chemists, psychologists, and others. Quite apart from its important role in the development of ophthalmology and related medical disciplines, the vertebrate eye is an exemplar of the ingenuity of living systems in adapting to the diverse and changing environments in which vertebrates have evolved. The wonder is not so much that the visual system, like other body systems, has been able to adapt in this way, but rather that these adaptations have taken such a variety of forms. In a previous volume in this series (VII/I) Eakin expressed admiration for the diversity of invertebrate photoreceptors. A comparable situation exists for the vertebrate eye as a whole and one object of this volume is to present to the reader the nature of this diversity. One result of this diversification of ocular structures and properties is that the experimental biologist has available a number of systems for study that are unique or especially favorable for the investigation of particular questions in visual science or neurobiology. This volume includes some examples of progress made by the use of such specially selected vertebrate systems. It is our hope that this comparative approach will continue to reveal new and useful preparations for the examination of important questions.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Biology, University of California, Los Angeles

    Frederick Crescitelli

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Visual System in Vertebrates

  • Authors: F. Crescitelli, C.A. Dvorak, D.J. Eder, A.M. Granda, D. Hamasaki, K. Holmberg, A. Hughes, N.A. Locket, W.N. McFarland, D.B. Meyer, W.R.A. Muntz, F.W. Munz, E.C. Olson, … R.W. Reyer

  • Editors: Frederick Crescitelli

  • Series Title: Handbook of Sensory Physiology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66468-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1977

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-66470-0Published: 21 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-66468-7Published: 11 December 2013

  • Series ISSN: 0072-9906

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 815

  • Topics: Neurology, Neurosciences

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