Jellyfish eye genes suggest a common origin for animal eyes

blogs.discovermagazine.com — Jellyfish may seem like simple blobs but some have surprisingly sophisticated features, including eyes. These are often just light-sensitive pits but species like the root-arm medusa have complex ?camera? eyes, with a lens that focuses light onto a retina. Not only are these organs superficially similar to ours, they?re also constructed from the... Jul 27, 2010 View in Crawl 4