Which Statement Is TRUE Regarding Inherited Deficiencies of Color Vision

question 52

Multiple Choice

Which statement is TRUE regarding inherited deficiencies of color vision?

• A) They affect females much more frequently than males.
• B) The lack of M-cones and L-cones is due to a defect on the X chromosome.
• C) They occur when a person is born without rods in the retina.
• D) There are two categories of these deficiencies-night blindness and trichromacy.

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Definitions:

Thylakoid Membrane

A membrane-bound compartment inside chloroplasts and cyanobacteria, where the light-dependent reactions of photosynthesis occur.

ATP

Adenosine triphosphate is a molecular entity responsible for storing and transmitting energy inside cellular structures.

Calvin Cycle

A series of biochemical reactions taking place in the chloroplasts of photosynthetic organisms, part of the process of carbon fixation in photosynthesis.

Rubisco

The common name of ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase, the enzyme that catalyzes the fixation of carbon dioxide in the Calvin cycle.