MOLECULAR-GENETIC DETECTION OF FEMALE CARRIERS OF PROTAN DEFECTS

Authors
KAINZ PM NEITZ M NEITZ J
Citation
Pm. Kainz et al., MOLECULAR-GENETIC DETECTION OF FEMALE CARRIERS OF PROTAN DEFECTS, Vision research (Oxford), 38(21), 1998, pp. 3365-3369
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurosciences,Ophthalmology
Journal title
Vision research (Oxford) → ACNP
ISSN journal
00426989
Volume
38
Issue
21
Year of publication
1998
Pages
3365 - 3369
Database
ISI
SICI code
0042-6989(1998)38:21<3365:MDOFCO>2.0.ZU;2-V
Abstract
Females heterozygous for congenital colour vision defects are of inter est because they are believed to have cone photoreceptor ratios and co ne photopigments that differ from normal. We describe a molecular gene tic method to identify protan carriers that involves characterizing th e genes that occur in the most upstream position in each of the X-chro mosome photopigment gene arrays. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All ri ghts reserved.