Re: Colour blindness and accessibility

On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 09:36:02 +0800, Harry Woodrow wrote:
 
> S far as I know only some colourblindness is a Y chromosone thing
> thought it is mostley males who are affected.

Actually, its an X chromosome thing, but the bad gene is a recessive
gene. This means that women get two chances for normal colour vision,
while men only get one.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/scienceshack/articles/questions/q_ou81.shtml

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