Is Color blindness a genetic disorder?

Answer 1

Yes. Males tend to be color blind much more than females but females are the genetic carriers for color blindness. My father's father is color blind. My brother and I are not and my cousins (daughters of my father's sister) are not color blind. My cousins' sons run a higher risk of being color blind though. This is how it was explained to me when I asked my doctor about it when I was pregnant.

Answer 2

Yes - for most cases of color blindness. But you can also get colorblind through drugs, alcohol, aging or a hard hit on your head. Check out the following link: http://www.colblindor.com/2006/06/08/tritanopic-after-head-injury/

By far the most common forms are genetically inherited and encoded on the X chromosome. Because men only have one of them they are more often colorblind than women, which doesn't mean that women can't be colorblind.

Answer 3

Absolutely. There are three dyes used for color vision; the blue-sensitive dye is coded on one of the autosomes, so if either parent has a good copy, the dye is produced. But the red and yellow sensitive dyes reside on the X chromosome (in adjacent positions), so any male who inherits a faulty one from his mother will be colorblind, and any female who inherits a faulty one from either parent will be a carrier, with a chance of producing colorblind sons. Rarely, a female will inherit a faulty X from both parents, and be colorblind; all her sons will be colorblind also.

Answer 4

Color blindness is not really a disorder, it is a trait. Males typically inherit it. To be color blind, both of your parents need to contribute one chromosome of "color-blindness". If your parents both submit it, then you are colorblind. You need both chromosomes to be colorblind, if you get one, then you are a carrier. Unluckily, if your Dad was color-blind, your chances are significantly increased if your Mother was a carrier, 3/4 to be exact.

Answer 5

yeah, my sisters dad is color blind and if any of his daughters have a son they will be color blind, im not sayin this is how it always goes but but thats how it is with them

Answer 6

particular. in addition they may be led to with the help of turning out to be older, eye problems, harm to the attention or factor effects of a few drugs. can u please answer my query. i choose it 4 college. that's decrease than technology and arithmetic. that's approximately colour blindness. my avatar feels like princess leia.

Answer 7

I think that it is a born disorder

Answer 8

it's a genetic trait

Answer 9

it could very well be

Answer 10

it can be yes