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Cover: A female stomatopod crustacean, Odontodactylus cultrifer, from Indonesia, showing the prominent compound eyes. Stomatopods, also known as mantis shrimps, have some of the most unusual and highly specialized eyes of any animals. Megan Porter, Yunfei Zhang, Shivani Desai, Roy Caldwell and Thomas Cronin (pp. 3473−3486) investigated the evolution of mantis shrimp eyes using anatomical and physiological data together with evolutionary trace analysis based on a new molecular phylogeny of the stomatopods. Among other findings, their results show that, contrary to expectation, the simplified eyes of some modern stomatopod crustaceans evolved from far more complex ancestral types.Close Modal - PDF Icon PDF LinkTable of contents
Celebrating Open Access
We asked the Editors-in-Chief of Development, Journal of Cell Science and Journal of Experimental Biology for their thoughts on Open Access publishing.
Read more about our commitment to Open Access.
In the field: an interview with Glenn Tattersall
Glenn Tattersall talks about his experiences using a thermal imaging camera in South Africa, the Galapagos Islands, Scotland and Brazil.
Migrating European nightjars explore altitude to find optimal wind conditions
European nightjars continually change height, sometimes reaching 5km, as they migrate to find the most favourable flight conditions and conserve energy.
Muscle as a tunable material: implications for achieving muscle-like function in robotic prosthetic devices
Kiisa Nishikawa and Thomas Huck consider new insights into muscle mechanics based on the role of the giant protein titin in active muscles and discuss implications for design and control of robotic prostheses.
Read & Publish voices: Elizabeth Clutton, Tiago Repolho and Gastón Alurralde
JEB authors Elizabeth Clutton, Tiago Repolho and Gastón Alurralde speak with our Publisher Claire Moulton about their latest JEB article and the benefits of publishing Open Access for free via our Read & Publish initiative.
