In dinoflagellates, four types of eye-spots are known: type A, an independent structure that is not membrane-bound; type B, an independent membrane-bound structure; type C, structure as part of a chloroplast; and type D, an elaborate eye-like structure called ocellus. From Wordnik.com. [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference
All have compound eyes and may or may not have a single ocellus over each eye. From Wordnik.com. [Insecta (Aquatic)] Reference
Aquila In nubibus Imperator literatorum, columen literarum, abyssus eruditionis, ocellus Europae, Scaliger. From Wordnik.com. [Anatomy of Melancholy] Reference
Frontal lobes: in Psyllidae, two lobes or swellings more or less completely divided by a suture in which an ocellus is situated. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The Ciona βγ-crystallin is only expressed in the palps and in the otolith, the pigmented sister cell of the light-sensing ocellus. From Wordnik.com. [Insight Into Eye Evolution Deals Blow To Intelligent Design - The Panda's Thumb] Reference
If a sufficiently large perturbation is introduced, the developmental buffering capacity is overcome and the genetic variation for ocellus number is revealed. From Wordnik.com. [The Genotype/Phenotype Distinction] Reference
Black; the face above the clypeus, as high as the anterior ocellus, reddish-yellow; the extreme edge of the clypeus, the labrum and base of the mandibles ferruginous; the antennæ reddish-yellow. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
There is genetic variation among individuals for genes that affect ocellus number, but the developmental effects of that variation are prevented by the system of buffering (Waddington 1953, 1957). From Wordnik.com. [The Genotype/Phenotype Distinction] Reference
Some genera have retained a third ocellus in the centre of the frons. From Wordnik.com. [Random headlines from Syndic8.com] Reference
Mi Libane, ocellus aureus, donum decusque amoris, amabo, faciam quod voles, da istuc argentum nobis. From Wordnik.com. [Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives] Reference
Insects have two sets of organs for vision, the faceted eye and the so-called simple eye, or ocellus. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science] Reference
Each ocellus is furnished with its own lid, and the apt can, at will, close as many of the facets of his huge eyes as he chooses. From Wordnik.com. [Thuvia, Maid of Mars] Reference
On the pupa are four quite distinct conical tubercles forming a transverse line just in front of the ocelli; and there are also two larger, longer tubercles, on the outer side of each of which, an ocellus is situated. From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
Ocelli: plural of ocellus; q.v.; = stemmata. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Dioptric: with a transversely divided ocellus. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
Da, meus ocellus, mea rosa, mi anime, mea voluptas. From Wordnik.com. [Amphitryo, Asinaria, Aulularia, Bacchides, Captivi Amphitryon, The Comedy of Asses, The Pot of Gold, The Two Bacchises, The Captives] Reference
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