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Ask A Science Blogger: Which parts of the human body could you design better?

grrlscientist | November 1, 2007

tags: Ask a Science Blogger, vertebrate eye, molluscan eye Image: Wikipedia. [larger view]. The newest "Ask a Science Blogger" question is; Which parts of the human body could you design better? Since I have only 500 words or so to explain, I will discuss only one anatomical feature: I would choose to redesign the vertebrate eye so the microscopic structure of the retina more closely resembles that of the molluscan eye. On causal observation, the vertebrate eye appears to be similar to the cephalopod eye (cephalopods are often thought of as the "classical" mollusc), however, a more…

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