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Enlarged posterior median eyes are more sensitive to light than human eyes by Spider, family Deinopidae, Deinopis spp. 2000 times more sensitive to light than human eyes 116187 Mammola S, Michalik P...
Distance between eyes Human Homo sapiens 6 cm 105348 John Moran eye center...
Range of light intensity that can be seen by humans Human Homo sapiens <10^-2 photons/µm^2/sec (starlight) to >10^8 photons/µm^2/sec (bright sunlight) photons/µm^2/sec 111341 F. Rieke and D. A. Baylor...
Minimum interommatidial angles for insect species Insect Table - link ˚ (degrees) 117188 Land MF. Visual acuity...
Morphogen Dpp parameter values Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster Table - link N/A 112071 Wartlick O, Jülicher F...
Length of eyeball (newborn) Human Homo sapiens 16.5 mm 103463 Riordan-Eva, P. and Whitcher...
Km values of Transketolase (TK) for selected substances Unspecified Table - link N/A 101719 see table
Changes with age in dimensions of human foveolar cones Human Homo sapiens Table - link μm 108246 Yuodelis C, Hendrickson...
Absorbed photosynthetically active solar radiation Biosphere 400-700 nm 102932 Field CB, Behrenfeld MJ...
Regeneration time of visual pigment Human Homo sapiens rhodopsin 40min: cone pigment ~8min minutes 111347 Rushton WAH. Dark-adaptation...
Dimensions of optic nerve head Human Homo sapiens 1.86mm×1.75mm N/A 105342 John Moran eye center...
Pupil diameter Human Homo sapiens 1-8 mm 105349 John Moran eye center...
Increase in posterior length from 60 hours after hatching to end of third instar Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster ≈3 µm/hour 112069 Wartlick O, Jülicher F...
Major protein content of 1 µm^2 of rod disk membrane Unspecified Table - link N/A 111003 Liebman, P. A., K. R. Parker...
In the global population, a person and a child go blind every Human Homo sapiens a person goes blind every 5 sec: a child goes blind every minute N/A 117172 Allen D, Vasavada A....
Concentration of proteins in lens Human Homo sapiens ~340 g/L 114207 Shahid S et al., Siz...
Fraction of the ROS intracellular space occupied by stack of discs enclosed by the plasma membrane Unspecified ~50 % 109736 Dumke CL, Arshavsky VY...
Dimensions of ROS (Rod Outer Segment) Unspecified Length ~60: diameter 6 μm 109737 Dumke CL, Arshavsky VY...
Fraction of the 37 million blind people in 1990 who were blind as a result of cataract Human Homo sapiens 40 % 117171 Allen D, Vasavada A....
Average molecular masses of proteins for different organs Mouse Mus musculus Figure - link kDa 113241 Wiśniewski JR, Hein MY...