A Researcher Has Just Found Support for the Trichromatic Theory

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Multiple Choice

A researcher has just found support for the trichromatic theory of colour vision in a new species of cats. What might you expect to find in this cat's visual system?

• A)Many rods in the fovea.
• B)A large number of feature detectors in the visual cortex.
• C)Pupils that are vertical.
• D)A large number of cones in the periphery.
• E)Three types of cones in the retina.

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