title: Colour vision. Dalton's eyes and monkey genes.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Psychology Department, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Tovée
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002520:Cercopithecidae / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D002621:Chemistry / Q000266:history; D002897:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 7; D003118:Color Perception / Q000235:genetics*; D003117:Color Vision Defects / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics* / Q000266:history; D004739:England; D049671:History, 18th Century; D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation; D009755:Night Blindness / Q000235:genetics; D011487:Protein Conformation; D017949:Retinal Cone Photoreceptor Cells / Q000502:physiology; D012172:Retinaldehyde / Q000502:physiology; D012243:Rhodopsin / Q000172:deficiency / Q000235:genetics; D017299:Rod Opsins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014960:X Chromosome
chemical_list: D017299:Rod Opsins; C095855:long-wavelength opsin; C095854:middle-wavelength opsin; C095853:short-wavelength opsin; D012243:Rhodopsin; D012172:Retinaldehyde