[Molecular genetics of red-green color blindness].

Article

[Molecular genetics of red-green color blindness].

Ugeskrift for laeger - 28 Aug 1995

Ladekjaer-Mikkelsen A S, Jensen H, Rosenberg T, Jørgensen A L

Abstract excerpt

Normal colour vision is trichromatic and is mediated by the blue, green and red visual pigments present in the corresponding blue, green, and red cone cells of the retina. The red and green pigment genes have evolved from an ancestral pigment gene and reside in a head-to-tail tandem array on the...

Topics

Color Vision Defects
Genotype
Humans
Models, Genetic
Phenotype
X Chromosome

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