New Insight into Primate Eye Evolution

Monday, May 18, 2009 - 19:28 in Biology & Nature

Researchers comparing the fetal development of the eye of the owl monkey with that of the capuchin monkey have found that only a minor difference in the timing of cell proliferation can explain the multiple anatomical differences in the two kinds of eyes.

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