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The ratio of amacrine cell (conventional) synapses to bipolar cell (ribbon) synapses, the absolute number of amacrine cell synapses and the number of inter‐amacrine cell synapses were all found to be higher in those animals which are known to have relatively complex retinal ganglion cell receptive field properties. 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