How Common Is Deuteranomaly?
Deuteranomaly (Most Common—6% of Males, 0.4% of Females): These Individuals Have a Mutated Form of the Medium-Wavelength (Green) Pigment. Is Deuteranomaly...
Deuteranomaly (most common—6% of males, 0.4% of females): These individuals have a mutated form of the medium-wavelength (green) pigment.
Is Deuteranomaly common?
This type of color blindness is considered rare. Research, including a 2018 study of 825 undergraduate students, suggests that deuteranopia is most common in men and in those of Northern European descent.
Why is Deuteranomaly so common?
Their work is published in the journal Current Biology1. Men are more likely to suffer from deuteranomaly because the gene responsible for making the 'green' pigment is found on the X chromosome, and is also recessive.
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