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  1. Department of Biophysics, Laboratorium voor Algemene Natuurkunde, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    D. G. Stavenga

  2. Department of Biochemistry, University of Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

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Stavenga, D.G., de Grip, W.J. Progress in phototransduction. Biophys. Struct. Mechanism 9, 225–230 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00535657

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