Molecular genetic detection of female carriers of protan defects

Vision Research

Volumn 38, Issue 21, 1998, Pages 3365-3369

  Kainz, Pamela M ^a   Neitz, Maureen ^a   Neitz, Jay ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour vision defects; Heterozygous carrier; Method; Photopigment genes

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

COLOR VISION DEFECT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; MALE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; X CHROMOSOME;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; DNA; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0031692035     PISSN: 00426989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0042-6989(97)00366-0     Document Type: Conference Paper

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