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In chiton, the stylus connects the tooth to the radula. “The stylus is like the root of a human tooth, which connects the cusp of our tooth to our jaw,” Joester said.
Senior author Todd Oakley studies how complex systems evolve, and has used chiton eyes as an example in his classes as a Professor in EEMB. Co-author Speiser worked on chitons as part of his doctoral ...
You’d probably walk past a chiton without even seeing it. These creatures often look like nothing more than another speck of seaweed on the crusty intertidal rocks. But it sees you. At least, if ...
Speiser and his colleagues are continuing to investigate chiton vision. It’s a bit of a challenge. For one, “a video of a chiton and a picture of a chiton kind of look the same,” Varney quipped.
Alternatively, the chiton could be left sleeveless and, like the peplos, be pinned just over the shoulders. Unlike the heavy wool peplos, however, the chiton was made of a lighter material, such as ...
The chiton's oval shell is different, in that it's made up of eight overlapping plates, surrounded at the bottom by a ring-shaped "girdle." That girdle in turn consists of small, ...
The largest chiton in the world, it can reach 13 inches in length. Researchers were surprised to find santabarbaraite in the mollusk’s tooth because it’s previously been found only in rocks.
You'd probably walk past a chiton without even seeing it. These creatures often look like nothing more than another speck of seaweed on the crusty intertidal rocks. But it sees you. At least, if ...
In chiton, the stylus connects the tooth to the radula. "The stylus is like the root of a human tooth, which connects the cusp of our tooth to our jaw," Joester said.
In chiton, the stylus connects the tooth to the radula. “The stylus is like the root of a human tooth, which connects the cusp of our tooth to our jaw,” Joester said.
A rare iron mineral has been discovered in the teeth of a living organism for the first time -- one that bears the pet name "wandering meatloaf." ...