Tadpoles with ectopic eyes on their tails can see out of them, demonstrating radical functional plasticity without evolutionary adaptation.

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• Xenopus tadpoles with ectopic eyes on tail can see and navigate using novel visual system without evolutionary adaptation or genetic modification.finding0.912
  Empirical evidence of functional plasticity and radical phenotypic change at individual level; demonstrates cellular hardware adaptation to novel configurations.
• Ectopic eyes on tadpole tail provide functional vision despite connecting only to spinal cord or peripheral tissue.finding0.892
  Result from Blackiston & Levin 2013: sensory data from displaced eyes can be used for learned behavior without evolutionary adaptation.
• Ectopic eyes on tadpole tails support visual learning despite connecting to the spinal cord.finding0.887
  From Blackiston & Levin (2013), shows plasticity of brain and body.
• Ectopic eyes in the tails of Xenopus tadpoles allow the animals to see and connect optic nerve to spinal cord (Blackiston & Levin 2013).finding0.881
  Demonstrates competence of eye primordia to achieve function in novel locations.
• Ectopic Eye on Tadpole Tailfinding0.863
  Tadpoles bearing eyes placed on tails can see and learn effectively despite novel neural connections (to spinal cord or gut), demonstrating plastic sensorimotor reinterpretation.
• Tadpoles with eyes on their tails perform visual learning tasksfinding0.858
  Ectopic eyes in Xenopus tadpoles connect to the spinal cord and enable visual learning despite incorrect anatomical location.
• Tadpoles with eyes transplanted to tail location perform visual learning tasks normally despite altered sensory anatomy.finding0.854
  Evidence of neural plasticity; demonstrates mind's independence from specific body layout.
• Xenopus tadpoles with ectopic eyesfinding0.851