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kingryan
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Hello,
I am colourblind. For all those who don't know what it is I will tell you.

Colourblindness means that I am unable to distinguish between different colours such as brown and green, blue and purple.

Being Colourblind doesn't affect my daily life that much, but sometimes I get mixed up and will colour something in wrong or do something like that.

For example, today at school when I was making a poster, I accidentally coloured in something brown instead of red.

To detirmine whether someone is colourblind there is a simple test. It is called a Ishihara Colour Blindness Test.

Here is an example of one:
http://www.admit-one.net/webimages/colorblind.jpg

I am colourblind and can see a 5. Most un-colourblind people cannot see it.

I cannot see anything in this one...
http://aphrabehn.files.wordpress.com/2007/04/ishihara2.gif
What number is it?

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Agent_86
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just as a statement - colorblindness is a recesive trait found only in males. Females can not be colorblind
Actually it IS possible to have a female person with colorblindness - her father has to be clorblind and her mother has to be a carrier/colorblind.
howlett
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Of course its possible for females to be colorblind I know one that is =)

Agent_86
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Well, for all of us guys with colorblindness(me included), it's your mom's fault that you're colorblind. And you will pass the trait to all your daughters(but not sons).

howlett
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Really?Thats cool I never noticed that.Are you sure???

Cenere
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Yes, Howlett.
It is because it is located on one of the female cromosones kow as x). Because it is a weak trait, it will be dominated by the other x in a female, but a male only has that one x, and as the y is submissive, the trait will probably shine through.

Agent_86
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Look, this is how the chromosomes work:

Male
XY

Female
XX

Now only the x chromosomes carry traits like colorblindness.

Cenere
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Oh, all scientific!!

Trait: 1

Male w/o trait: X Y
Female w/o trait: X X
Those two would have children without the trait.

Male w trait: X1 Y
Female w/o trait: X X
Children: X1 X, X1 X, X Y, X Y. The girls will carry the trait, while nothing happens to the boys.

Male w/o tarit: X Y
Female w trait: X1 X
Children: X1 X, X X, X1 Y, X Y. One of the boys will have the trait, while one of the girls will carry it.

Male w trait: X1 Y
Female w trait: X1 X
Children: X1 X1, X1 X, X1 Y, X Y. One girl with trait, one boy with trait, one girl who carries the trait, a boy without the trait.

Agent_86
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What cenere said.
I just didn't want to get all scientific on everyone.

Cenere
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No, but I love it. Finally something I learned in high school that can be useful.

But it should explain it. At least the "explaination part" does.

Agent_86
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You forgot
X1 Y
X1 X1

=)

Zophia
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Oh genetics.

I see the 5 more clearly than the 2, but I think it's because of the size of the blobs... Could see both the 7 and the 26 as well.

howlett
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howlett
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7 and 26 I can't see them where are they?

Gantic
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Gantic
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I'm willing to bet that nearsighted people can see the 5 easier.

7 and 26 I can't see them where are they?

On page 2?
howlett
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howlett
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Oh right yea I see the 7 and 26, lol.At first I thought the were on the first post.

Cenere
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Darn!

X1 Y
X1 X1
: X1 X1, X1 X1, X1 Y, X1 Y. All colour blind, or at least with a high chance of being so (as genes can be weird). But would be a nice family without anyone being able to see the numbers?

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