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Chapter 44, Problem 8TY
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Introduction: There are two types of photoreceptor cells in a human eye known as rods and cones. They both contain different types of opsin protein, which is a component of visual pigment. The visual pigment in rods is rhodopsin, whereas, in cones, the visual pigment is photopsins.
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