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While studies have long been conducted on vertebrates with sight-sensory systems involving a lens, retina and nervous system, new research is the first to examine how the complex eye system of an invertebrate–the sunburst diving beetle–coordinates the development of its components. Despite the complexity of their eyes, including a bifocal lens, extremely rapid eye growth of the sunburst diving beetle occurs during the transitions between larval stages.
In addition, they temporarily go blind as the eye is quickly redeveloped.Image credit: Lisa Britton/University of Cincinnati
