The importance of deleterious mutations of M pigment genes as a cause of color vision defects

Color Research and Application

Volumn 26, Issue SUPPL., 2001, Pages

  Bollinger, Kathryn ^a   Bialozynski, Carolyn ^a   Neitz, Jay ^a   Neitz, Maureen ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Blue cone monochromat; Color vision; Color vision deficiency; Cone photoreceptors; Deuteranopia; Genetics; Photopigments

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012392606     PISSN: 03612317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1520-6378(2001)26:1+<::aid-col23>3.0.co;2-i     Document Type: Article

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