The L:M cone ratio in males of African descent with normal color vision

Journal of Vision

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  McMahon, Carrie ^a   Carroll, Joseph ^a   Awua, Stella ^a   Neitz, Jay ^a   Neitz, Maureen ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Medical College of Wiscosin ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cone photopigments; Cone photoreceptors; Cone ratio; Human color vision; Variation in cone ratio

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; OPSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; COLOR VISION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RETINA CONE; UNITED STATES; X CHROMOSOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, X; COLOR PERCEPTION; CONES (RETINA); ELECTRORETINOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OPSIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; UNITED STATES; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 39749149729     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15347362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1167/8.2.5     Document Type: Article

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