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Science 11 September 1981:
Vol. 213. no. 4513, pp. 1264 - 1267
DOI: 10.1126/science.7268434
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Science, Vol 213, Issue 4513, 1264-1267
Copyright © 1981 by American Association for the Advancement of Science

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Fluorescence of photoreceptor cells observed in vivo

N Franceschini, K Kirschfeld, and B Minke

Most rhabdomeres in the eye of the fly (Musca domestica) are fluorescent. One kind of fluorescent emission emanates from a photoproduct of the visual pigment, other kinds may be ascribed to photostable pigments. These phenomena provide not only a means of spectrally mapping the retina but also a new spectroscopic tool for analyzing the primary visual processes in vivo.


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