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Notes and References:

CAUTION: MSP values are not available for this species' rods and cones, so defaults are used here. This species lacks a SWS opsin.

Peichl L, Moutairou K (1998) Absence of short-wavelength sensitive cones in the retinae of seals (Carnivora) and African giant rats (Rodentia). European Journal of Neuroscience 10:2586-2594

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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