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ALTHOUGH pigment movement is important for modulating luminous intensity on the invertebrate retina, its mechanisms and control cannot be investigated easily since the cells in question are largely inaccessible to experimental interference and often observable only by electron microscopy. The preparation described here is directly observable and is also potentially amenable to manipulation.
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WILSON, M. Autonomous pigment movement in the radial pupil of locust ocelli. Nature 258, 603–604 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/258603a0
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