TY  - JOUR
A1  - Beygi, Alireza
T1  - Universality of Form: The Case of Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Mosaics
T2  - Entropy
N2  - Cone photoreceptor cells are wavelength-sensitive neurons in the retinas of vertebrate eyes and are responsible for color vision. The spatial distribution of these nerve cells is commonly referred to as the cone photoreceptor mosaic. By applying the principle of maximum entropy, we demonstrate the universality of retinal cone mosaics in vertebrate eyes by examining various species, namely, rodent, dog, monkey, human, fish, and bird. We introduce a parameter called retinal temperature, which is conserved across the retinas of vertebrates. The virial equation of state for two-dimensional cellular networks, known as Lemaître’s law, is also obtained as a special case of our formalism. We investigate the behavior of several artificially generated networks and the natural one of the retina concerning this universal, topological law.
KW  - the principle of maximum entropy
KW  - 2D cellular structures
KW  - nerve cells mosaic
Y1  - 2023
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/86571
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-865712
SN  - 1099-4300
N1  - Gefördert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Goethe-Universität.
VL  - 25
IS  - 5, art. 766
SP  - 1
EP  - 25
PB  - MDPI
CY  - Basel
ER  -