OMIA:002686-7813 : Colour vision, deficiency in Mustelus antarcticus (gummy shark)

In other species: Port Jackson shark , dusky shark , tiger shark , lemon shark , thresher shark , Japanese medaka , white-tufted-ear marmoset , Tufted capuchin , crab-eating macaque , great white shark , shortfin mako shark , Australian swellshark

Categories: Vision / eye phene

Links to possible relevant human trait(s) and/or gene(s) in OMIM: 303800 (trait)

Links to relevant human diseases in MONDO:

Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown

Disease-related: no

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. 

Cite this entry

Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2025). OMIA:002686-7813: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2025 Hart, N.S., Pozo-Montoro, M., Seeger, O., Ryan, L.A., Tosetto, L., Huveneers, C., Peddemors, V.M., Williamson, J.E., Gaston, T.F. :
Widespread and convergent evolution of cone monochromacy in galeomorph sharks. Mol Biol Evol :msaf043, 2025. Pubmed reference: 39937658. DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msaf043.

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