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- adjective Of or pertaining to the
rhabdomere
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Examples
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Cephalopods have rhabdomeric eyes, meaning that their photoreceptors have a particular structure and use a particular set of biomolecules in signal transduction, but that does not in any way imply that they are inferior.
More creationist misconceptions about the eye - The Panda's Thumb 2010
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In our eyes, we primarily use the ciliary photoreceptors for vision, but we also maintain a set of rhabdomeric photoreceptors that have the job of sensing light to set circadian rhythms.
PZ Myers - The Deepest Links (on Evolution) William Harryman 2009
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Some invertebrates also have both, but they use the rhabdomeric receptors for vision and the ciliary receptors for circadian rhythms.
PZ Myers - The Deepest Links (on Evolution) William Harryman 2009
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Some invertebrates also have both, but they use the rhabdomeric receptors for vision and the ciliary receptors for circadian rhythms.
SEEDMAGAZINE.COM 2009
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