The Vertebrate Retina, Photoreceptors, and Color Vision
Why can you see in both bright sunlight and dim moonlight? Why do some species and some people lack color vision? Jeremy Nathans explains how you see.
With: Jeremy Nathans
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| Photoreceptors and Image Processing I | 
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Molecular mechanisms of vision, human color vision, light-sensing receptors, light absorption | 35:58 |
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| Photoreceptors and Image Processing II | 
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Photoreceptors and image processing | 33:31 |
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| Human Color Vision and its Variations | 
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Photoreceptors, human color vision, common inherited anomalies of color vision | 44:44 |
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| The Evolution of Trichromatic Color Vision | 
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Trichromatic color vision in humans and primates | 44:07 |
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