Tadpole Missing Its Native (Normal) Eye, but Has An Ectopic Eye in the Tail (IMAGE)

Tufts University

Tadpole Missing Its Native (Normal) Eye, but Has An Ectopic Eye in the Tail

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Researchers at Tufts University have shown that transplanted eyes located far outside the head in a vertebrate animal model can confer vision without a direct neural connection to the brain. In this image, a "blind" tadpole without its native (normal) eyes is able to see using functioning ectopic eye located in tail. Dark area in midsection is the stomach.

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Images courtesy of D. Blackiston and M. Levin

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