Colour perception in twins: individual variation beyond common genetic inheritance

Clinical and Experimental Optometry

Volumn 87, Issue 4-5, 2004, Pages 305-312

  Paramei, Galina V ^a   Bimler, David L ^b   Mislavskaia, Natalia O ^c  

^a OTTO VON GUERICKE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Colour perception; Genotype phenotype; Twins

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR VISION; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; MALE; RETINAL PIGMENTS; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 10444290615     PISSN: 08164622     EISSN: 14440938     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1444-0938.2004.tb05059.x     Document Type: Article

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