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... rhabdom ) or com- pletely separate . The optical isolation of each ommatidium is enhanced by its being surrounded by light - screening , pigment - containing cells . During adaptation to light and dark conditions , migration of pigment ...
... rhabdom ) or com- pletely separate . The optical isolation of each ommatidium is enhanced by its being surrounded by light - screening , pigment - containing cells . During adaptation to light and dark conditions , migration of pigment ...
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... rhabdom . The superposition eye . In the compound eyes of noc- turnal arthropods , the rhabdoms are deep within the eye , far from the cornea and crystalline cone . In 1891 Sigmund Exner , an Austrian physiologist , reported experiments ...
... rhabdom . The superposition eye . In the compound eyes of noc- turnal arthropods , the rhabdoms are deep within the eye , far from the cornea and crystalline cone . In 1891 Sigmund Exner , an Austrian physiologist , reported experiments ...
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... rhabdom functions as a light guide within which is the visual pigment , which absorbs light . In the light - adapted condition , the pigment migrates from the receptor cell body to surround the rhabdom completely . Similar cell pigment ...
... rhabdom functions as a light guide within which is the visual pigment , which absorbs light . In the light - adapted condition , the pigment migrates from the receptor cell body to surround the rhabdom completely . Similar cell pigment ...
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