human_reference_atlas part of has characterizing marker set has marker component RHO SAG GNAT1 GNGT1 NR2E3 NRL PDC eye photoreceptor cell retinal rod cell BTO:0001024 rod retinal rod cell CL:0000604 retinal rod cell 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. FMA:67747 CT CALOHA:TS-0870 camera-type eye photoreceptor cell Homo sapiens sequence collection retina eye outer nuclear layer of retina