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Explain how vitamin A deficiency affects vision in humans.

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Vitamin A or all-trans-Retinol is a precursor to the pigment present in rods, rodopsin which is required for night vision or vision in dim light.Deficiency of vit A therefore affects vision in night or dim light also known as night blindness

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