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Unlike cones, though, rods come in only one type. Color vision comes from comparing the responses of the three types of cone cells, which isn't possible in rod-dominated vision. So, in the dark ...

This nuclear architecture is inverted in rod cells of nocturnal mammals, demonstrating a unique functional nuclear genome reorganization specifically adapted for light transmission. Solovei used ...

You appreciate peripheral vision? Thank your rods. This story originally appeared in Volume 24 of Road & Track. I’m not saying that the cone cells, which detect color, are prima donnas ...