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Give Reason: Deficiency of Vitamin a Causes Night Blindness. - Biology

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Give Reason:

Deficiency of vitamin A causes night blindness.

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Solution

Because the visual purple (Rhodopsin) of the rods is not formed in the absence of vitamin A.

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Chapter 8: The Nervous System and Sense Organs - Give Reasons

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ICSE Biology [English] Class 10
Chapter 8 The Nervous System and Sense Organs
Give Reasons | Q 5

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