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Anatomy cartoon diagrams of vertebrate cone (left) and rod (right) photoreceptors. Arrows indicate the direction of protein trafficking for most outer segment proteins. The outer segments are shaded pink and cellular processes relevant for outer segment development are outlined on the left.