Anomaloscopic diagnoses of red-green blindness among thais and Chinese

Avinoam Adam, M. Puenpatom, V. Davivongs, S. Wangspa

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Abstract

Frequencies of red-green blindness among Central Thais and Southern Chinese average 5,5%. No significant differences were detected between the communities regarding the overall rates of colourblindness or the distribution of specific alleles. Deutan: protan ratio is 2.4, the commonest defect being deuteranopia. Dichro-macies are commoner than anomalous trichromaeies. The combined rates of di-chromacies among Thais and Chinese are higher than among Japanese and Europeans. Discrepancies with results of previous surveys of the same populations are discussed, and the essentiality of anomaloscopy is stressed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)509-513
Number of pages5
JournalHuman Heredity
Volume19
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 1969
Externally publishedYes

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