Human (blue cone monochromat) (Homo sapiens)

Containing taxa: Animalia » Chordata » Osteichthyes » Sarcopterygii » Tetrapoda » Mammalia » Eutheria » Euarchontoglires » Primates » Catarrhini » Hominidae

Photoreceptors:
Receptor Opsin λmax Filter λmax Filter λ50% Recep. λmax
Rod496nm  518nm
Blue cone419nm  447nm


Opponent processes:
Description (+) Terminus (-) Terminus Mode
Luminance (photopic)
Blue cone   Photopic
Luminance (scotopic)
Rod   Scotopic
Rods-Cones
531nm - 487nm - 439nm
 
Rod Blue cone Mesopic

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Notes and References:

Green DC (1971) Visual Acuity in the Blue Cone Monochromat. J. Physiol. 222: 419-426

Reitner A, Sharpe LT, Zrenner E (1991) Is Colour Vision Possible with Only Rods and Blue-Sensitive Cones? Nature 352:798-800

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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