Re: OT: Colour-Blindness ( Was: Re: OT-ish:Conlang Census)

jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote:

>Mark J. Reed scripsit:
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>>On Tue, Jan 20, 2004 at 10:30:16AM -0500, Etak wrote:
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>>>   Well actually I have an eye condition known as
>>>achromatopsia.
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>>. . . which John just described.  Okay, I was completely wrong,
>>so I'll shut up now. :)
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>A few interesting tidbits:
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>Achromatopsia is not sex-linked, and occurs in the general population
>at about 1 in 33,000 to 1 in 100,000.
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>The Pingelapese went through a population bottleneck in 1700, when
>a typhoon reduced the population to 20 people including the chief --
>who was a carrier for achromatopsia.
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What's the population of Pingelap now?

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