OMIA:002686-9541 : Colour vision, deficiency in Macaca fascicularis (crab-eating macaque)

In other species: Port Jackson shark , dusky shark , gummy shark , tiger shark , lemon shark , thresher shark , Japanese medaka , white-tufted-ear marmoset , Tufted capuchin , 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: yes

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. (2023). OMIA:002686-9541: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70

Reference

2013 Koida, K., Yokoi, I., Okazawa, G., Mikami, A., Widayati, K.A., Miyachi, S., Komatsu, H. :
Color vision test for dichromatic and trichromatic macaque monkeys. J Vis 13:1, 2013. Pubmed reference: 24187056. DOI: 10.1167/13.13.1.

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  • Created by Imke Tammen2 on 05 May 2023