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Colour vision. Dalton's eyes and monkey genes.

Current biology : CB - 1 Jun 1995

Tovée M J

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Recent molecular genetic studies show how changes in the protein component of a visual pigment alters its absorbance; they also explain the abnormal colour vision of one of the great pioneers of visual science.

Topics

Animals
Cercopithecidae
Chemistry
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
Color Perception
Color Vision Defects
England
History, 18th Century
History, 19th Century
Humans
Mutation
Night Blindness
Protein Conformation
Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells

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Retinaldehyde

Rhodopsin

Rod Opsins

Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid

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PMID: 7552161
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(95)00115-1

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