Retinal cross-section (IMAGE)

Duke University

Retinal cross-section

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A photomicrograph of a chick retina shows the ganglion cell bodies in an orderly layer at the top and then the tangled layer of root-like dendrites in the blue and yellow layer below, which is where mosaics of different visual sensitivities are laid out.

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Andy J. Fischer, The Ohio State University, 2008

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