| Phenotype: | retinal rod cell deformed, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | retinal rod cell |
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| Synonyms: | retinal rod cells |
| Definition: | One of the two photoreceptor cell types of the vertebrate retina. In rods the photopigment is in stacks of membranous disks separate from the outer cell membrane. Rods are more sensitive to light than cones, but rod mediated vision has less spatial and temporal resolution than cone vision. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0009275] |
| Name: | deformed |
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| Synonyms: | disfigured, distorted |
| Definition: | A morphological quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's being distorted in form. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0001617] |