Effect of light and dark adaptation upon
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Brammer, J. D. ;Stein, Peter J. ;Anderson, Ronald A.
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Article
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1978
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Abstract During the first two hours of light adaptation rhabdom volume in compound eyes of adult mosquitoes is strikingly reduced. In females this involves a net loss of photoreceptor membrane of 500โ700 ฮผ^2^/cell/hour. Concurrently, numerous coated vesicles and multivesicular bodies appear in t