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The reaction circuit for the cascade of vision is analyzed. We show that the architecture of this circuit is such that it can give rise to a rapid amplification for a moderate stimulus provided that a certain condition on the reaction constants and the concentrations of some of the involved chemicals is satisfied.
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Bohl, E. (1991). Structural Amplification in Chemical Networks. In: Mosekilde, E., Mosekilde, L. (eds) Complexity, Chaos, and Biological Evolution. NATO ASI Series, vol 270. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7847-1_8
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