What type of photoreceptor cell allows us to see gray tones in dim light, and provides our peripheral vision

Rods.

Explanation:

There are two types of photoreceptor cells, the cones, and the rods.

The cones adapt our vision to bright light and allow us to see colors. On the other hand, rods photoreceptors make us see in the dark and do not perceive many colors; that is why we can not distinguish colors in the dark. Also, they provide peripheral vision since they are on the external edges of the retina.

step 1: initiation

initiation is the beginning of transcription. it occurs when the enzyme rna polymerase binds to a region of a gene called the promoter. this signals the dna to unwind so the enzyme can ‘‘read’’ the bases in one of the dna strands. the enzyme is now ready to make a strand of mrna with a complementary sequence of bases.

step 2: elongation

elongation is the addition of nucleotides to the mrna strand. rna polymerase reads the unwound dna strand and builds the mrna molecule, using complementary base pairs. there is a brief time during this process when the newly formed rna is bound to the unwound dna. during this process, an adenine (a) in the dna binds to an uracil (u) in the rna.

step 3: termination

termination is the ending of transcription, and occurs when rna polymerase crosses a stop (termination) sequence in the gene. the mrna strand is complete, and it detaches from dna.