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when a rod absorbs light splits into opsin and retinal, and triggers a cascade of events that closes the ion channels in the rod cells plasma membrane

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In the visual - transduction process in rod cells, when light is absorbed, rhodopsin is the molecule that splits into opsin and retinal.

Answer:

rhodopsin