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Grade 99 grade science

Is Colour Blindness a type of Congenital Disease?
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Profile image of Vahul Sivakumar
5 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Janarth
5 Years ago
Colour blindness is a usually a genetic (hereditary) condition (you are born with it). Red/green and blue colour blindness is usually passed down from your parents. The gene which is responsible for the condition is carried on the X chromosome and this is the reason why many more men are affected than women.