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Photoreceptors, Invertebrate

Medical Definition: Cells in invertebrates which are specialized to detect and transduce light and darkness and relay that information centrally in the nervous system.
Guide Notes: coord IM with specific invertebrate (IM); DF: PHOTORECEPT INVERTEBRATE
Previously Indexed: Photoreceptors (1966-1993)

Photoreceptors, Invertebrate Medical Definitions and Terms

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