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Responses of photoreceptor cells are usually brought about by the action of many photons. Therefore, they may reasonably be regarded as composite responses resulting from combination of numerous small responses, evoked each by the absorption of one photon.
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Fuortes, M.G.F., O’Bryan, P.M. (1972). Responses to Single Photons. In: Fuortes, M.G.F. (eds) Physiology of Photoreceptor Organs. Handbook of Sensory Physiology, vol 7 / 2. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65340-7_8
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