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Differences in chiton shells have also shaped the types of eyespots/eyes chitons evolve in interesting ways (see the work of the @ostratodd.bsky.social lab):
www.quantamagazine.org/mollusk-eyes...
www.quantamagazine.org/mollusk-eyes...
Mollusk Eyes Reveal How Future Evolution Depends on the Past | Quanta Magazine
The visual systems of an obscure group of mollusks provide a rare natural example of path-dependent evolution, in which a critical fork in the creatures’ past determined their evolutionary futures.
www.quantamagazine.org
April 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Differences in chiton shells have also shaped the types of eyespots/eyes chitons evolve in interesting ways (see the work of the @ostratodd.bsky.social lab):
www.quantamagazine.org/mollusk-eyes...
www.quantamagazine.org/mollusk-eyes...