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Vision Research

Volume 41, Issues 10–11, May 2001, Pages 1291-1306
Vision Research

Packing arrangement of the three cone classes in primate retina

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Abstract

We describe a detailed analysis of the spatial arrangement of L, M and S cones in the living eyes of two humans and one monkey. We analyze the cone mosaics near 1° eccentricity using statistical methods that characterize the arrangement of each type of cone in the mosaic of photoreceptors. In all eyes, the M and L cones are arranged randomly. This gives rise to patches containing cones of a single type. In human, but not in monkey, the arrangement of S-cones cannot be distinguished from random.

Keywords

Photoreceptors
Cones
Retina
Imaging
Mosaic

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