A 35-year-old man presents with progressive night blindness since adolescence and peripheral visual field constriction. Fundoscopy reveals the characteristic findings shown in the diagram. The structure marked A (bone spicule perivascular pigmentation in the mid-periphery) represents RPE migration into the neurosensory retina. Which of the following best explains the PRIMARY PATHOPHYSIOLOGICAL EVENT that leads to this pigmentary pattern?

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