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SUBMITTER: Gur D
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6097150 | biostudies-other | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Gur Dvir D Nicolas Jan-David JD Brumfeld Vlad V Bar-Elli Omri O Oron Dan D Levkowitz Gil G
Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) 20180606 8
Many marine organisms have evolved a reflective iris to prevent unfocused light from reaching the retina. The fish iris has a dual function, both to camouflage the eye and serving as a light barrier. Yet, the physical mechanism that enables this dual functionality and the benefits of using a reflective iris have remained unclear. Using synchrotron microfocused diffraction, cryo-scanning electron microscopy imaging, and optical analyses on zebrafish at different stages of development, it is shown ...[more]