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Francois, J. – Sight-Saving Review, 1976
The need to counsel patients with genetic ophthalmological problems is stressed in the article. Assessment of autosomal dominance or autosomal recessitivity in an individual is explained and sex-linked heredity is traced. Practical examples of genetic abnormalities, such as pigmentary retinopathy and chorodineremia, are discussed. (PHR)
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Counseling, Eyes, Genetics
Peer reviewedScience Teacher, 2005
Two science questions are answered: (1) How can someone have one brown eye and one blue eye?, and (2) Why are magnets attracted to some metals, but not all metals? It is very rare that a human will have two irises of different colors. This condition, heterochromia, can be a normal variant or the result of an ocular disease. Heterochromia can…
Descriptors: Human Body, Color, Diseases, Genetics
