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FOR the past few years we have been investigating the presence and distribution of selenium in the normal and dystrophic state1,2. The biological role of selenium is as yet unknown; however, the physical and chemical properties of the element are well established. One of the outstanding characteristics of selenium is that it behaves differently in the light and in the dark. This fact is used to advantage in a number of modern instrumentations, such as the photoelectric colorimeter, the xerographic process, and the so-called ‘electric eye’. Consequently, we were interested in determining whether selenium is a constituent of the eye in various animal species as well as in man.
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TAUSSKY, H., WASHINGTON, A., ZUBILLAGA, E. et al. Distribution of Selenium in the Tissues of the Eye. Nature 210, 949–950 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/210949a0
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