The preliminaries to Portugalâs formal colonial rule in Africa are extensively explored here (in a work first published in 1969) by the writer generally considered to be the doyen of foreign scholars of Portuguese expansion. Castelo, ClÃ¡udia.
Description: The two genes that produce red and green light-sensitive proteins are located on the X chromosome. Mutations in these genes can cause color blindness. Color blindness is a common inherited sex-linked disorder that affects a person's ability to see or recognize certain colors.Eight to ten percent of all males and one half of a percent of all females are color-blind.Keywords: sensitive proteins,chromosome mutations,color blindness,chromosome x,x chromosome,sex linked disorder,genes,females,colors.utations in these genes can cause color blindness. Color blindness is a common inherited sex-linked disorder that affects a person's ability to see or recognize certain colors.
Color blindness affects up to 10% of males in some communities, and on average 7% of males worldwide. Women can have color blindness, but most types of color blindness are sex linked and the dual X chromosomes that females have protect them from it most of the time.To understand the science behind color blindness, visit my how color blindness works (science) page.ed Green Color Blindness. 1  Protanomaly is caused by defective L-cones, lowering sensitivity to red hues. 2  Protanopia is caused by absent L-Cones, removing the ability to see reds â a severe form of color blindness.