Categories: Vision / eye phene

Possible human homologue (MIM number): 303800 (trait)

Links to relevant human diseases in MONDO:

• MONDO:0001703: color vision disorder

Cross-species summary: Dichromatic colour vision is common in vertebrate species, including marine vertebrates. However, whales, dolphins, seals, and sharks are apparently colour blind.  Colour blindness can also be an inherited condition in species with dichromatic colour vision. Colorblindness; monochromacy; colour blind; color vision deficiency; CVD. 

Species in which this phene is found:
Port Jackson shark (Heterodontus portusjacksoni)
dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus)
gummy shark (Mustelus antarcticus)
tiger shark (Galeocerdo cuvier)
lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus)
Japanese medaka (Oryzias latipes)
white-tufted-ear marmoset (Callithrix jacchus)
Tufted capuchin (Sapajus apella)
crab-eating macaque (Macaca fascicularis)
great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias)
shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus)
Australian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium laticeps)