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A Comparative Analysis of the Camera-like Eyes of Jumping Spiders and Humans
1Laboratory of Visual Physiology, Pavlov Institute of Physiology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Makarova emb. 6, 199034 St. Petersburg, Russia.
Abstract:
Among invertebrates, jumping spiders are one of the few groups whose representatives have camera-like eyes, and the only group whose representatives have fovea. The latter is present in the camera-like eyes of representatives of some groups of vertebrates, including humans. Based on the literature data, a comparative analysis of the camera-like eyes of jumping spiders and humans was carried out, in the course of which the similarities and differences in the properties and functions of their basic components were identified. The presented data are necessary for the formation of knowledge about jumping spiders as model animals for studying the functioning of the visual system.
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