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Notes and References:

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Sillman, A.J., Ronan, S.J. & Loew, E.R. Scanning electron microscopy and microspectrophotometry of the photoreceptors of ictalurid catfishes. J. Comp. Physiol. 173, 801–807 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02451910

Warrant E.J., Nilsson D.-E. (1998) Absorption of White Light in Photoreceptors. Vision Res., Vol. 38, No. 2, pp. 195-207. PII: S0042-6989(97)00151-X

Stavenga D., Smits R.P., Hoenders B.J. (1993) Simple Exponential Functions Describing the Absorbance Bands of Visual Pigment Spectra. Vision Res. 33(8) pp. 1011-1017. doi:10.1016/0042-6989(93)90237-Q



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