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Comparative Physiology and Evolution of Vision in Invertebrates
Land, M. F.; Laughlin, S.B.; Nassel, D. R.; Strausfeld, Nicholas James; Waterman, T.H.
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Paperback. Series: Handbook of Sensory Physiology. Num Pages: 635 pages, biography. BIC Classification: MFG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1099.
Morphology and physiology are two fields which cannot be separated. This statement needs to be amplified: purely factual results of a morphological or physiological nature only have real value when they are gained in the context of certain guiding, embracing questions. By themselves they are mostly of little value, because only a guiding hypothesis or theory is of any importance. Equally, a physiological question will always raise questions as to the morphological substrate, and vice versa. Thus, Wiedemann's discovery, for instance, that the visual cells in each ommatidium of the dipterans have differing fields of vision has revived the question ... Read more
Morphology and physiology are two fields which cannot be separated. This statement needs to be amplified: purely factual results of a morphological or physiological nature only have real value when they are gained in the context of certain guiding, embracing questions. By themselves they are mostly of little value, because only a guiding hypothesis or theory is of any importance. Equally, a physiological question will always raise questions as to the morphological substrate, and vice versa. Thus, Wiedemann's discovery, for instance, that the visual cells in each ommatidium of the dipterans have differing fields of vision has revived the question ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
635
Condition
New
Series
Handbook of Sensory Physiology
Number of Pages
635
Place of Publication
Berlin, Germany
ISBN
9783642669095
SKU
V9783642669095
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