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Differentiate between: Rods and cones
Solution
| Rods | Cones | |
| 1 | Rods help in twilight vision. | Cones help in colour vision. |
| 2 | They have visual purple pigment called rhodopsin. | They have visual violet pigment called iodopsin |
| 3 | Rods are the photoreceptor cells of the retina that are sensitive to dim light. | Cones are the photoreceptor cells of the retina that are sensitive to bright light. |
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