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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Composition of lacrimal fluid in eye | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 103649 | C.U.M. Smith Biology... |
| Number of discs/rod outer segment (ROS) in eye | Unspecified | 1100 | discs | 109784 | R. W. Rodieck, The first... |
| Number of ommatidia in eye | Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster | 700-800 | Unitless | 106139 | Ranganathan R, Malicki DM... |
| Dimensions of RIS (Rod inner Segment) in eye of young | Human Homo sapiens | 2.05 to 2.27 | μm | 109780 | R. W. Rodieck, The first... |
| Dimensions of RIS (Rod inner Segment) in eye of old | Human Homo sapiens | 2.32 to 2.56 | μm | 109781 | R. W. Rodieck, The first... |
| Composition of aqueous fluid in eye | Human Homo sapiens | Table - link | N/A | 103648 | C.U.M. Smith Biology... |
| Width of eye and diameter of pupil | Chiton Acanthopleura granulata | eye width 65 - 80: pupil diameter 35 - 50 | µm | 117184 | Speiser DI, Eernisse DJ... |
| Cell turnover time in cornea of eye | Human Homo sapiens | ~7 | days | 110326 | Snyder WS, Cook MJ, Nasset ES... |
| Dimensions of photoreceptors of eye in spiders with largest eyes | Net-casting spiders, family Deinopidae | width 20: length 110 | µm | 116181 | Mammola S, Michalik P... |
| Average duration of a single eye blink | Human Homo sapiens | 0.1-0.4 | sec | 100706 | http://faculty.washi... |
| Number of hairs in human eye lashes | Human Homo sapiens | 420 | unitless | 101510 | Amazing numbers in biology... |
| Fraction of refractive power in eye that is accountable to cornea focusing light onto the retina | Human Homo sapiens | >2/3 | of refractive power | 117193 | Koudouna E et al., Evolution... |
| Number of photons that must enter the eye in order to generate an observed reproducible physiological response | Human Homo sapiens | ~100 | photons | 110983 | Stuart JA, Brige RR (1996).... |
| Relative quantitation of circadian gene expression in eye at midnight and at dawn | African clawed frog Xenopus laevis | 1.98 at midnight: 1 at dawn | unitless | 102456 | Curran KL, LaRue S, Bronson B... |
| Number of generations, under selection for improved visual acuity, required to produce a focused camera-type eye from a patch of light-sensitive epithelium | Metazoa animals | <400,000 | generations | 117183 | Fernald RD. Casting a... |
| Maximum photosynthesis rate of mature leaves | Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum | 9 | µmol CO2/m^2/s | 111442 | Miyagawa, Y., Tamoi, M.... |
| Maximum weight of seedling 100 days (14.3 weeks) after transplanting | Tobacco Nicotiana tabacum | in year 1978 ~290g: in year 1979 ~200g | grams | 111703 | Rich JR, Hodge C, Johnson... |
| Photoreceptor inner and outer segments | vertebrates | Table - link | N/A | 107894 | R. W. Rodieck, The first... |
| Number of times eyes evolved independently | Metazoa animals | 40 | times or more | 117182 | Fernald RD. Casting a... |
| Time during which the pupil is occluded and vision thereby interrupted during a normal blink | Human Homo sapiens | 100-150 | msec | 113196 | Volkmann FC. Human visual... |