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Colorblindness is usually a genetic trait. There is no more a cure for genetic colorblindness than there is for blond hair.
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What can be done to cure colorblindness?
As of 2016 there is no cure or treatment for colorblindness.
How can colorblindness be treated?
There is really no cure for total colorblindness. However, serious color deficiencies can be corrected by specially tinted lenses in contacts or eyeglasses.
Why there is cure for color blindness?
There have been some recent developments that indicate that it may be curable. Scientist have recently found gene therapy that cures colorblindness in monkeys.
Does race affect colorblindness?
No you must not choose any diverse colorblindness
What is the proper name for colorblindness?
The proper name for colorblindness is color vision deficiency.
Snice the allele for colorblindness is located on the x chromosome which type of trait is colorblindness?
Sex linked
Is a carrier for colorblindness is colorblind?
Not necessarily. The allele for colorblindness is recessive. For a female, in order to be colorblind she must have to recessive alleles for colorblindness. Example: XcXc would be colorblind. XCXc would be a carrier for colorblindness, but not colorblind. For a male, because colorblindness is a sex-linked gene, he only needs one allele to be colorblind. Example: XcY is colorblind. XCY is not colorblind.
What percent of men and women display colorblindness and what is the cause?
AnswerThe percentage of men who exhibit some sort of colorblindness is between 5% and 8%, and only about .4% of females. Usually, It is caused by a genetic mutiation in which the chromosomes are missing the genetic code for some of the cones in your optic nerve. Each cone has a different pigment sensitive to different kinds of light. In those that exhibit colorblindness the peak color wavelength is lower than someone with normal vision. The most common cause of colorblindness is from genetic inheritance, but it can also be caused by a disease involving the retina or the optic nerve, or due to damage to a part of the visual cortex in the brain. Some drugs have been known to cause colorblindness as well, such as hydroxychloroquine (Plaquenil), a drug used to treak patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Until now there is no cure for colorblindness.
Is colorblindness non-disjunctional?
no
Colorblindness is more common in males than in females because?
the allele for colorblindness is recessive and located on the X chromosomes
What are the main symptoms for colorblindness?
Colorblindness is characterized by not being able to tell apart two colors when they are the same value. Colorblindness is an x-linked trait, so it is much more common in males than females.
Are red and green the only colors you can't see while colorblind?
No, the term "red-green colorblindness" means that you cannot tell the difference between red and green. There are several different types of colorblindness; red-green colorblindness is the most common kind. For example, another kind is blue-yellow colorblindness, where a person cannot tell the difference between blue and yellow. All types of colorblindness are much more common in men. See the Related Link below for the Wikipedia entry on colorblindness.
