develops from develops from retinal cone cell One of the two photoreceptor cell types in the vertebrate retina. In cones the photopigment is in invaginations of the cell membrane of the outer segment. Cones are less sensitive to light than rods, but they provide vision with higher spatial and temporal acuity, and the combination of signals from cones with different pigments allows color vision. CALOHA:TS-0866 FMA:67748 BTO:0001036 retinal progenitor cell camera-type eye photoreceptor cell