Name: | retinal rod cell |
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Synonyms: | retinal rod cells |
Definition: | One of the two photoreceptor cell types of the vertebrate retina. In rods the photopigment is in stacks of membranous disks separate from the outer cell membrane. Rods are more sensitive to light than cones, but rod mediated vision has less spatial and temporal resolution than cone vision. |
Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009275] |
Name: | rod photoreceptor outer segment |
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Definition: | The outer segment of a vertebrate rod photoreceptor that contains sealed membrane discs that are not connected to the ciliary membrane and containing rhodopsin photoreceptor proteins. |
Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0120200] QuickGO AmiGO |
Name: | Ab1-rho | ||||||
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Previous Name: | 1D1 (1) | ||||||
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Name: | absent |
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Synonyms: | absence, absent from organism |
Definition: | A quality denoting the lack of an entity. |
Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000462] |