The molecular basis of variation in human color vision

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 369-377

  Deeb, Samir S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cone photopigments; Vision; Visual pigment genes

Indexed keywords

VISUAL PIGMENT;

CHIMERA; COLOR VISION DEFECT; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME POLYMORPHISM; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HYBRID GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PHOTORECEPTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA CONE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; SPECTRAL SENSITIVITY; X CHROMOSOME;

COLOR PERCEPTION; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORECEPTORS, VERTEBRATE; RETINAL PIGMENTS;

EID: 17644427673     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2004.00343.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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