Retina of diferent species

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Retina of different species - Salamander	Retina of different species - Xenopus	Retina of different species - Carp	Retina of different species - Turtle	Retina of different species - Chicken
Salamander	Xenopus	Carp	Turtle	Chicken
Retina of different species - Mouse	Retina of different species - Mouse	Retina of different species - Monkey	Retina of different species - Monkey	Retina of different species - Monkey
Mouse	Mouse	Monkey	Monkey	Monkey
	Retina of different species - Monkey	Retina of different species - Cat	Retina of different species - Rat
	Monkey	Cat	Rat

Each species have the retina adapted to light conditions dependent on whether the animal lives in diurnal or nocturnal habitats. The non-mammalian species with cone dominance lack a visual cortex. Their "complex" retinas perform much more visual processing than simple mammalian retinas. Mammalian species with a few exceptions have "simple" retinas and leave complex information processing to the visual cortex.

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This webpage is a creation of Nicolás Cuenca of the Department of Physiology, Genetics and Microbiology at the University of Alicante.

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Technical research services of the University of Alicante.