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Trilobite compound eyes with crystalline cones and rhabdoms show mandibulate affinities by Scholtz, Gerhard, Staude, Andreas, Dunlop, Jason A.

“…Most knowledge about the structure, function, and evolution of early compound eyes is based on investigations in trilobites. However, these studies dealt…”
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Reply to “Points of view in understanding trilobite eyes” by Scholtz, Gerhard, Staude, Andreas, Dunlop, Jason A.

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D’Arcy W. Thompson’s Cartesian transformations: a critical evaluation by Scholtz, Gerhard, Knötel, David, Baum, Daniel

“…The images of D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson’s book “On Growth and Form” got an iconic status and became influential for biometrics and other mathematical…”
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The 'ventral organs' of Pycnogonida (Arthropoda) are neurogenic niches of late embryonic and post-embryonic nervous system development by Brenneis, Georg, Scholtz, Gerhard

“…Early neurogenesis in arthropods has been in the focus of numerous studies, its cellular basis, spatio-temporal dynamics and underlying genetic network being…”
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Deconstructing morphology by Scholtz, Gerhard

“…Scholtz, G. 2010. Deconstructing morphology. —Acta Zoologica (Stockholm) 91: 44–63 Morphology as the science of form is, in particular, related to the…”
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Filling the gap between identified neuroblasts and neurons in crustaceans adds new support for Tetraconata by Ungerer, Petra, Scholtz, Gerhard

“…and grasshoppers, the complete lineage of several NBs up to formation of pioneer neurons is known. Apart from data on median NBs no comparable results exist…”
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Comparison of ventral organ development across Pycnogonida (Arthropoda, Chelicerata) provides evidence for a plesiomorphic mode of late neurogenesis in sea spiders and myriapods by Brenneis, Georg, Scholtz, Gerhard, Beltz, Barbara S

“…Comparative studies of neuroanatomy and neurodevelopment provide valuable information for phylogenetic inference. Beyond that, they reveal transformations of…”
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The clonal composition of biramous and uniramous arthropod limbs by Wolff, Carsten, Scholtz, Gerhard

“…are not formed by the loss of the exopod but by suppression of the split into exopod and endopod. Our results offer a developmental approach to discriminate…”
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The evolution of arthropod heads: reconciling morphological, developmental and palaeontological evidence by Scholtz, Gerhard, Edgecombe, Gregory D

“…Understanding the head is one of the great challenges in the fields of comparative anatomy, developmental biology, and palaeontology of arthropods. Numerous…”
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Early cleavage in Phoronis muelleri (Phoronida) displays spiral features by Pennerstorfer, Markus, Scholtz, Gerhard

“…SUMMARY The view that early cleavage in Phoronida follows a radial pattern is widely accepted. However, data supporting this characterization are ambiguous…”
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Adaptation Aftereffects in the Perception of Crabs and Lobsters as Examples of Complex Natural Objects by Reindl, Antónia, Schubert, Torsten, Strobach, Tilo, Becker, Carola, Scholtz, Gerhard

“…To recognize a familiar object, incoming perceptual information is matched against object representations in memory. Mounting evidence suggests that these…”
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Aristotle’s lobster: the image in the text by Fürst von Lieven, Alexander, Humar, Marcel, Scholtz, Gerhard

“…The Anatomai , a lost work written by Aristotle, must have contained a collection of various drawings and figures of species as well as their organs. In his…”
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Life stages and reproductive components of the Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish), the first parthenogenetic decapod crustacean by Vogt, Günter, Tolley, Laura, Scholtz, Gerhard

“…Recently, we briefly reported on the first case of parthenogenesis in the decapod Crustacea which was found in the Marmorkrebs or marbled crayfish, a cambarid…”
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Gradients of Orientation, Composition, and Hydration of Proteins for Efficient Light Collection by the Cornea of the Horseshoe Crab by Spaeker, Oliver, Taylor, Gavin J., Wilts, Bodo D., Slabý, Tomáš, Abdel‐Rahman, Mohamed Ashraf Khalil, Scoppola, Ernesto, Schmitt, Clemens N. Z., Sztucki, Michael, Liu, Jiliang, Bertinetti, Luca, Wagermaier, Wolfgang, Scholtz, Gerhard, Fratzl, Peter, Politi, Yael

“…The lateral eyes of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus, are the largest compound eyes within recent Arthropoda. The cornea of these eyes contains hundreds…”
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Stages and other aspects of the embryology of the parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs (Decapoda, Reptantia, Astacida) by Alwes, Frederike, Scholtz, Gerhard

“…The early development of the parthenogenetic Marmorkrebs (marbled crayfish) is described with respect to external morphology, cell lineage, and segment…”
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Microanatomy of Early Devonian book lungs by Kamenz, Carsten, Dunlop, Jason A, Scholtz, Gerhard, Kerp, Hans, Hass, Hagen

“…The book lungs of an exceptionally preserved fossil arachnid (Trigonotarbida) from the Early Devonian (approx. 410 Myr ago) Rhynie cherts of Scotland were…”
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The book lungs of Scorpiones and Tetrapulmonata (Chelicerata, Arachnida): Evidence for homology and a single terrestrialisation event of a common arachnid ancestor by Scholtz, Gerhard, Kamenz, Carsten

“…The question of whether Arachnida (Chelicerata) conquered terrestrial habitats only once or several times is controversial. The key group in this respect is…”
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Eocarcinus praecursor Withers, 1932 (Malacostraca, Decapoda, Meiura) is a stem group brachyuran by Scholtz, Gerhard

“…Beginning with the description by Withers in 1932, Eocarcinus praecursor from the Jurassic has long been considered the oldest representative of the Brachyura…”
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Screwed up: Spirality of segments and other iterated structures suggest an underlying principle of seriality in bilaterians by Scholtz, Gerhard

“…This review deals with helicomery, that is, the specific malformation of a spiral arrangement of segments and other serial structures. Helicomery was first…”
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The Development of Phyllopodous Limbs in Leptostraca and Branchiopoda by Pabst, Tino, Scholtz, Gerhard

“…We present a comparison of the development of trunk limbs in Nebalia sp. (Leptostraca) and Limnadopsis parvispinus (Branchiopoda). The overall correspondence…”
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