Publikace na Přírodovědecká fakulta |
2014
Abstrakt
The visual dimension of every living being can be understood as a representation of the evolutionary experience of a species. In the study of animal displays, biosemiotics focuses on the qualitative perspective in both the logic behind the emergence of such signs as well as their perception and interpretation by perceiving animals.
In this study, we claim that convergence of the animal surface patterns that stem developmentally from different ontogenetic precursors should be taken as evidence for congruence in biological meaning. As a specific example, the article discusses the development, perception, and evolution of semantic organs such as eyespots on butterfly wings and vertebrate eyes.