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

From:Joe <joe@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 20, 2004, 17:58
jcowan@REUTERSHEALTH.COM wrote:

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

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