ArticleNature2019
Fossil insect eyes shed light on trilobite optics and the arthropod pigment screen.
Article in Nature, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Taphonomic experiments reveal authentic molecular signals for fossil melanins and verify preservation of phaeomelanin in fossils.Nature communications · 2023Article
- The origins of colour patterns in fossil insects revealed by maturation experiments.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2023Article
- Microbially mediated fossil concretions and their characterization by the latest methodologies: a review.Frontiers in microbiology · 2023Review
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- Reconstructing the ecology of a Cretaceous cockroach: destructive and high-resolution imaging of its micro sensory organs.Die Naturwissenschaften · 2021Article
- Points of view in understanding trilobite eyes.Nature communications · 2021Article
- Chemical Evaluation of Eumelanin Maturation by ToF-SIMS and Alkaline Peroxide Oxidation HPLC Analysis.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- Insights into a 429-million-year-old compound eye.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Improved HPLC Conditions to Determine Eumelanin and Pheomelanin Contents in Biological Samples Using an Ion Pair Reagent.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Article
- The cell biology of the retinal pigment epithelium.Progress in retinal and eye research · 2020Review
- Synchrotron X-ray absorption spectroscopy of melanosomes in vertebrates and cephalopods: implications for the affinity ofProceedings. Biological sciences · 2019Article
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Authors and funding
17 authors at 6 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Fossilized eyes permit inferences of the visual capacity of extinct arthropods
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