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In the present lecture, I shall try to give a necessarily complicated answer to a simple question: Is there an active contractile mechanism in the rods and cones of the animals like fish, which demonstrate retinomotor response? What is the available evidence for such a mechanism and how should we look for additional evidence?
“Cones and rods in serried ranks, Stand sentinel in retinal flanks; Back and forth they move to light, And finny life is gay and bright.”
P.K. Menon
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Couillard, P. (1975). Approaches to the Study of Contractility in the Rods and Cones. In: Ali, M.A. (eds) Vision in Fishes. NATO Advanced Study Institutes Series, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-0241-5_31
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