Retinal Specialisations for Aquatic Vision: Theory and Facts

摘要: Most of the investigators who, over past twenty-five years, have worked on fish retina, chosen this tissue for reasons unrelated to fact that is an aquatic organism, and as such, must cope with severe problems optical image transmission under water. Some are well understood, or at least described, I suggest physiological features which distinguish retinas vertebrates can be interpreted evolutionary solutions these problems. Taken a general statement, probably unobjectionable, since nearly all biologists accept theory evolution via natural selection. It when assertion made more specific objections will arise. What from those land-dwelling vertebrates? important underwater? follows one attempt answer questions tie together two previously disparate fields; namely, retinal physiology underwater optics. At outset, acknowledge my debt Dr. J.N. Lythgoe, whose papers (Lythgoe, 1966, 1968) stimulated interest.