A rare eye disorder marked
by color blindness, light sensitivity, and other vision problems can result from a newly discovered gene mutation identified by an international research team, including scientists from Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC).
The researchers found that mutations to a gene called ATF6, a key regulator of the unfolded protein response, can lead to achromatopsia, a hereditary visual disorder characterized
by color blindness, decreased vision, light sensitivity, and uncontrolled eye movement in children.
Not exact matches
Of course we are told
by voices on all points of the political spectrum that «
color -
blindness» is a naive ideal.
Voting in favor of a practice that represents the polar opposite of equal treatment (which would,
by definition, only be achievable through
color -
blindness) seems a bit contrary to any idea of «equal treatment.»
Short - short version: Affirmative Action vs. official
color blindness advocated
by (surprise!
As a follow - up question, where does «equal treatment and dignity» (as used
by Kennedy in the Supreme Court article) differ from «equal opportunity» (as it stands for
color -
blindness being the only way to reconcile some of the horrible truths of our history) aside from apparently in practice?
Red - green
color blindness is caused
by an unusual form of a light receptor in the eye, which is sensitive to a different range of
colors than normal.
The findings lend credence to the theory that people with red - green
color blindness make good hunters or soldiers because they are not easily fooled
by camouflage.
Unlike some other common vision disorders, such as age - related macular degneration,
color blindness is a heritable disorder caused
by a single gene that is defective or absent.
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This condition, also known as Achromatopsia, or
color blindness, is characterized
by cone photoreceptor dysfunction, severely reduced visual acuity or complete vision loss during daylight hours, and photophobia.
While a beautiful
color, the merle gene can cause
blindness and deafness if two parents carrying the merle gene are bred together, so merles should be bred only
by very knowledgeable breeders who test for the merle gene and understand the genetics involved.