"Compound Eye, Arthropod" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Light sensory organ in ARTHROPODS consisting of a large number of ommatidia, each functioning as an independent photoreceptor unit.
| Descriptor ID |
D054910
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A13.246
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| Concept/Terms |
Compound Eye, Arthropod- Compound Eye, Arthropod
- Arthropod Compound Eye
- Arthropod Compound Eyes
- Compound Eyes, Arthropod
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| 2010 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Compound Eye, Arthropod" by people in Profiles.
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Porter ML, Cronin TW, Dick CW, Simon N, Dittmar K. Visual system characterization of the obligate bat ectoparasite Trichobius frequens (Diptera: Streblidae). Arthropod Struct Dev. 2021 Jan; 60:101007.
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Feller KD, Sharkey CR, McDuffee-Altekruse A, Bracken-Grissom HD, Lord NP, Porter ML, Schweikert LE. Surf and turf vision: Patterns and predictors of visual acuity in compound eye evolution. Arthropod Struct Dev. 2021 Jan; 60:101002.
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Porter ML, Zhang Y, Desai S, Caldwell RL, Cronin TW. Evolution of anatomical and physiological specialization in the compound eyes of stomatopod crustaceans. J Exp Biol. 2010 Oct 15; 213(Pt 20):3473-86.