Enlarged view of cover photo at BJO webside Table of contents of November 2003 issue

One of Augsburg biology professor Bill Capman's January-February 2003 Photo of the Month photos has been published on the cover of the November 2003 issue of the British Journal of Ophthalmology.

Each month this medical journal features a cover story dealing with the the visual systems of various animal species. Dr. Capman's photo accompanies a short article on the unique visual systems of scallops, written by University of California, Davis ophthalmology professor Dr. Ivan Schwab.

Dr. Schwab has provided a copy of his article in PDF format for posting here. Click to download his interesting article, entitled "Mirrors at the birth of Aphrodite" (1.2 MB download)

The original photo is shown below, and the original scallop eyes Photo of the Month page can be found at http://www.augsburg.edu/home/biology/photoofmonth/scallop-eyes.html

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