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📅 2023 MIT Science Bowl High School Invitational🎓 HS🔄 Round 12#️⃣ Question 2🌟 BONUS📝 Multiple Choice

Researchers at the Boyden Lab of MIT are employing optogenetics to study neuron interactions. In particular, they have inserted a gene for channelrhodopsin-2 into these neurons, which allows them to fire action potential upon exposure to blue light. Similar to rhodopsin found in the rod and cone cells of the eye, which of the following vitamin A-derived molecules does channelrhodopsin-2 use to capture light?

W) Beta-carotene
X) Retinol
Y) Retinal
Z) Retinoic Acid
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