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Women can be colour blind.
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I am a woman who is red--green colorblind. The trait is carried on the X chromosome. Males receive an X chromosome from their mother and a Y from their father. If the X carries the trait of colorblindness, the male will be colorblind. Females need to receive two defective X chromosomes to be colorblind, one from their father and one from their mother. If a women has only one defective X chromosome, she will be a carrier of the trait. My father was red-green colorblind and so was my mother's father, making my mother a carrier of the trait, although she is not colorblind herself. I have two sisters who are not colorblind, as they each received a non-defective X chromosome from my mother. I knew before my son was born that he would be red-green colorblind, as the X chromosome he received from me carried the trait.
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∙ 12y agoThe colour blind gene is normally carried by females meaning that they are rarely affected by it. Men on the other hand are often effected and are very likely to be partially colour blind if their grandfather on their mothers side was also colour blind. However, some women can be colour blind if one of their parents is colour blind.
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