Visual Pigments and Molecular Genetics of Color Blindness.
Red/green color blindness, found in ~1 in 15 men, is caused by the expression of hybrid genes coding for visual pigments. Spectral information from site-directed mutagenesis and recombinant expression has led to the possibility of correlating individual genotypes with psychophysical measurements of the severity of the deficiency.
Bowmaker
J. K.
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Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, Bath St., London EC1V 9EL, UK.