Color Blindness-Life Threatening Genetic Stereotypes

When people hear the words “genteic mutation,” they tend to think the worst and exaggerate the scenario in their head. Yes, some will alter a person’s life in the way they could never imagine, but others aren’t as critical. One of the non life-threatening genetic mutations is color blindness. I believe that the expression “color blindness” can be quite deceiving. Almost all color ”blind” people can still see colors, but just see them not as accurately. Their perception of the colors are also restricted. Color blindness is a genetic condition in how the light-senstive cells originated in the retina react to colors. There are cells in your eyes called cones and they are what senses the wavelengths of the light. They also allow the retina to tell different colors apart. When the sensitivity in your cones change, this can cause a person to become color blind. Many times people find out that something life-sized has happened in their life, they will want to know the answers to all their questions. Don’t get too anxious. All your questions will be answered.

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If a color blind man and a non-color blind woman have children, they will have no color blind boys but all of their daughters will be color blind gene carriers. When a non-color blind man and a color blind carrier woman have children, their sons will have a fifty percent chance of being color blind and their daughters a fifty percent chance being color blind gene carriers. A color blind man and a color blind carrier woman will have a fifty percent chance of their sons being color blind. Their daughters will have a fifty percent chance of being color blind or being a color blind gene carrier. Lastly, if a non-color blind man and a color blind woman have children, all of their sons will be color blind, and all of their daughters will be color blind gene