Article
[Genetics of congenital color vision defects. II. Rare types of color blindness].
Klinika oczna - 1 Jan 2000
Krawczyński M R
Abstract excerpt
Between the rare types of colour blindness, the known best are defects of blue colour vision, which are called tritanopia or trinanomaly (tritanomalous trichromacy). Their incidence is 1 in 500 and they are inherited in autosomal dominant way with incomplete penetrance. The basis of them are mutations of the short (blue) wavelength sensitive visual pigment gene. The gene has been mapped on the chromosome 7 and...
Topics
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7
- Color Vision Defects
- Female
- Genetic Linkage
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- X Chromosome