Color Blindness

Main Ideas:

- Most common in men

- 99% of colorblind people aren't colorblind, their color deficient. 

- 99% of colorblind people suffer from red-green colorblindness. 

- If a woman is red-green colorblind, her sons will be colorblind.

- A father can't pass his red-green colorblindness to his sons. 

Summary: 

I learned many things about colorblindness. There are many things I didn't expect. I didn't know that a dad can't pass his red-green colorblindness to his sons and that if a mom is red-green colorblind, her sons will be colorblind. I learned colorblindness is a sex-linked trait and that males have a higher rate of having it. I expected more females to have colorblindness but the rate is small. I liked learning about this because I know many people who are living with this issue. Color blindness is more common in males rather than females because it is on the X sed chromosome. 

Citations:

Hamilton, Jon. "University And Biotech Firm Team Up On Colorblindness Therapy." NPR. NPR, 25 Mar. 2015. Web. 19 May 2017.

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"Colorblindness." National Eye Institute. Nei.nih.gov, n.d. Web. 19 May 2017.

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