The absorption of light by a rhodopsin molecule in a rod cell initiates a signal cascade beginning with the
A) opening of a sodium channel.
B) closing of a large number of sodium channels.
C) formation of an activated phosphodiesterase molecule.
D) activation of transducin molecules.
E) activation of other rhodopsin molecules.
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