Can Evolution Make An Eye? - 12 Days Of Evolution #4

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References for this episode:
Land, Michael F., and Russell D. Fernald. "The evolution of eyes." Annual review of neuroscience 15.1 (1992): 1-29. http://redwood.berkeley.edu/vs265/landfernald92.pdf

Fernald, Russell D. "Evolution of eyes." Current opinion in neurobiology 10.4 (2000): 444-450. http://web.stanford.edu/group/fernaldlab/pubs/2000%20Fernald%20Evolution%20of%20eyes.pdf

Fernald, Russell D. "Evolving eyes." Int. J. Dev. Biol 48 (2004): 701-705. http://web.stanford.edu/group/fernaldlab/pubs/2004%20Fernald%20EvEyeIJDB.pdf

Lamb, Trevor D. "Evolution of the eye." Scientific American 305.1 (2011): 64-69. http://www.grochbiology.org/EyeEvolution.pdf

Nilsson, Dan-E., and Susanne Pelger. "A pessimistic estimate of the time required for an eye to evolve." Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences 256.1345 (1994): 53-58. http://www.rpgroup.caltech.edu/courses/aph161/Handouts/Nilsson1994.pdf

LEARN MORE:

I *highly* recommend these books:

“Undeniable” by Bill Nye http://amzn.to/1TK3wZs
“Why Evolution Is True” by Jerry Coyne http://amzn.to/1TK3zV3

WEBSITES/TEACHING RESOURCES:

- Berkeley’s “Understanding Evolution” http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/home.php
- The National Center for Science Education http://ncse.com/


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