is it possible?

[chickadee]

for girls to be colour blind?

 

i once heard only the male of the species can be colour blind.

 

[C0C0]

i THINK i'm a bit colour blind, coz i get some blues and purples confused...............but then again i mite just be confused as to wot is blue and wot is purple, if u no wot i mean?!

[BenRW]

it is possible but very rare.

 

This is because the gene is on the X chromosome. therefore males only need one faulty chromosome as they have an X and a Y chromosome. For a female to become colourblind she has to have both her X chromosomes to have the faulty gene. This requires a colourblind father and carrier mother. Even with this only hhalf the females born will be colourblind.

 

However ne colorblind females will always have colourblind sons

 

Man can't believe i remeber that

[Trouble]

wow that hurt even readin that im susprised i got through school

[chickadee]

C0C0 said:

i THINK i'm a bit colour blind, coz i get some blues and purples confused...............but then again i mite just be confused as to wot is blue and wot is purple, if u no wot i mean?!

 

 

yeah, i get red and yellow confused! i dont know how?

[chickadee]

cheers ben! ive learnt something new today!

 

are u by any chance a science student of some sort???

[Hardhousehunnij]

i learn't that in school and i still remberd it

[Tina]

chickadee said:

for girls to be colour blind?

 

i once heard only the male of the species can be colour blind.

 

 

i'm colour blind on the colours,red,orange,yellow i always get the 3 mixed up

[chickadee]

 

they're the colours i get mixed up! am i colour blind?

 

this has only been a recent thing! im gonna be buggered next time i go to SunnyD!!

[BenRW]

with colourblindness u see both the colours that u are colourblind to as one colour.

 

eg red and green look identical (most common type of colourblindness

 

I'm studying physiology at uni but learnt this for A-level biology

[Tina]

chickadee said:

 

they're the colours i get mixed up! am i colour blind?

 

this has only been a recent thing! im gonna be buggered next time i go to SunnyD!!

 

that post of mine should have said,i'm not colourblind but i get those colours mixed up

[chickadee]

benrostwood said:

 

I'm studying physiology at uni

 

is it an interesting degree? gotta admit...sounds awful!

[BenRW]

its a good degree

 

well was good last year but now its just got really hard

[chickadee]

benrostwood said:

its a good degree

 

well was good last year but now its just got really hard

 

snap

[CreamyC]

chickadee said:

for girls to be colour blind?

 

i once heard only the male of the species can be colour blind.

 

 

Who told you this? A girl ?