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| Property | Organism | Value | Units | ID | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
| Amount of photons necessary to excite a rod | Human Homo sapiens | 1 | unitless | 100709 | Brain Facts and Figures... |
| Amount of photons necessary to excite a cone | Human Homo sapiens | 100 | unitless | 100710 | Brain Facts and Figures... |
| Weight of skin | Human Homo sapiens | 4.1 | kg | 100711 | http://faculty.washi... |
| 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... |
| Duration of average splicing event | Various | 30 | sec | 108453 | Hnilicová J, Stanek D.... |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| 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... |