If a mutation prevents rhodopsin from properly binding retinal in rod cells, which consequence follows regarding human vision in dim light?

💡 Explanation

If retinal cannot bind rhodopsin, the phototransduction cascade is not initiated. Because this cascade is crucial for dim-light vision via rod cells, scotopic vision will be diminished; therefore, the correct answer is C rather than A, B, or D, which involve other visual processes.

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