human_reference_atlas part of has characterizing marker set has marker component OPN1SW OPN1MW GNAT2 GNB3 GNGT2 GUCA1A ARR3 PDC PDE6H OPN1LW RCVRN eye photoreceptor cell 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 CT retinal cone cell retinal cone cell cone CL:0000573 BTO:0001036 camera-type eye photoreceptor cell Homo sapiens sequence collection retina eye outer nuclear layer of retina