i.e.
missing chrmosome
an extra chromosome
a damaged chromosome?
PLEASE...I'd appriciate any answer!
2006-12-16 08:45:08 · 5 answers · asked by hreye005 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Short answer: its NOT an error/defect.
--- it's an X-linked recessive gene, meaning that males who have X/Y can exhibit colour-blindness if they have the gene, since the Y can not make up for it. Women (who have 2 X's) can be colour-blind onbly if BOTH of their X chromosomes have the gene. Usually this is not the case and the "good" X carries the dominant colour-seeing gene that makes up for the other.
Its not any defect, just a normal trait like blond hair.
2006-12-16 08:47:11 · answer #1 · answered by The Ascending Serpent 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's just the arrangement of receptors, and a lack of color, replaced by light receptors which actually gives a color blind person superior night vision, I wouldn't think of it as a "defect", so much as a variation of chromosomes.
2006-12-16 08:48:08 · answer #2 · answered by Rockvillerich 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes it is a genetically transmitted disease due to faulty chromosome
2006-12-16 22:03:43 · answer #3 · answered by drjb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is not due to damage. It has to do with recessive genes and prominent genes.
2006-12-16 08:47:22 · answer #4 · answered by wildbill05733 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes - women tend to be carriers and not colour blind
2006-12-16 08:46:47 · answer #5 · answered by aria 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋