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The Vertebrate Eye and Its Adaptive Radiation (Paperback)
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The Vertebrate Eye and Its Adaptive Radiation (Paperback)
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2013 Reprint of 1942 Edition. Full facsimile of the original
edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Walls'
classic text is a comprehensive treatise on the eye in which he
includes and correlates an immense amount of data on the anatomy
and physiology of the eye in relation to the various environments
in which it functions. The 689 pages of text are very readable,
appealing to the interests of the biologist, clinician or lay
reader, and constitute, therefore, a textbook on the eye. There are
197 illustrations throughout the book. Part one outlines the
essentials of the vertebrate (human) eye, the histology and
physiology of the vertebrate retina, and discusses scotopic and
photopic vision. To this is added an account of the embryological
and evolutionary genesis of the eye. Part two discusses the
following topics: adaptations to arhythmic activity as seen in
photomechanical retinal changes and in pupil mobility; adaptations
to diurnal activity; adaptations to nocturnal activity; adaptations
to space and motion; adaptations to media and substrates including
aquatic and aerial vision; and adaptations to photic quality
including color vision in animals, dermal color-changes, and
coloration of the eye. Part three traces the history of the eye
from the lowest to the highest living vertebrates. There is a
24-page bibliography and an index and glossary.
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