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Visual Transduction and Non-Visual Light Perception

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Jacobs, G.H. (2008). Cone Pigments and Vision in the Mouse. In: Tombran-Tink, J., Barnstable, C.J. (eds) Visual Transduction and Non-Visual Light Perception. Ophthalmology Research. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-374-5_16

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