Universality of Form: The Case of Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Mosaics
- 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.
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| Author: | Alireza BeygiORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-865712 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.3390/e25050766 |
| ISSN: | 1099-4300 |
| Parent Title (English): | Entropy |
| Publisher: | MDPI |
| Place of publication: | Basel |
| Document Type: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2023/05/08 |
| Date of first Publication: | 2023/05/08 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Release Date: | 2024/08/26 |
| Tag: | 2D cellular structures; nerve cells mosaic; the principle of maximum entropy |
| Volume: | 25 |
| Issue: | 5, art. 766 |
| Article Number: | 766 |
| Page Number: | 25 |
| First Page: | 1 |
| Last Page: | 25 |
| Note: | Gefördert durch den Open-Access-Publikationsfonds der Goethe-Universität. |
| Institutes: | Informatik und Mathematik |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke |
| 5 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik / 51 Mathematik / 510 Mathematik | |
| Sammlungen: | Universitätspublikationen |
| Open-Access-Publikationsfonds: | Informatik und Mathematik |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
