Publications
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retinal photoreceptors and visual pigments in boa constrictor imperator. | the photoreceptors of boa constrictor, a boid snake of the subfamily boinae, were examined with scanning electron microscopy and microspectrophotometry. the retina of b. constrictor is duplex but highly dominated by rods, cones comprising 11% of the photoreceptor population. the rather tightly packed rods have relatively long outer segments with proximal ends that are somewhat tapered. there are two morphologically distinct, single cones. the most common cone by far has a large inner segment and ... | 2001 | 11550183 |