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INITIAL RECEPTOR [2 records]

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Record 1 1988-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
CONT

Surveys were only required to establish the distribution of initial receptors in relation to critical isopleths or to determine if the species of concern occurred within critical isopleths.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Études et analyses environnementales

Spanish

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Record 2 1980-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Eye
OBS

(...) the initial signal produced in the outer segment of the receptor cell is apparently proportional to the light flux absorbed by the visual pigment(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oeil
OBS

(...) le signal initial, émis dans la zone extérieure de la cellule réceptrice, est apparemment proportionnel au flux de lumière absorbé par le pigment (...)

Spanish

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