Can women get rod Monochromacy colorblindness?

Question

I'm curious if women can get Rod Monochromacy colorblindness.

Answer 1

Good question. The answer lies in the genetics. The confusion comes from not understanding that there are several types of color blindness.

The most common form is red-green, actually 4 types lumped together. These types are all X chromosome controlled, but still possible for women to show symptoms.

Per (http://www.color-blindness.com/2006/06/02/chromosomes-involved-in-color-blindness/) rod monochromacy is NOT linked to the X chromosome, rather it is associated with chromosomes 2 and 8, and possibly 14 (jury is still out). Not gender-linked.

Answer 2

As far as I can tell, rod monochromancy is inherited in an autosomal recessive pattern, which means it's not sex linked and that the probability of two heterozygous parents passing on the colorblind allele to a child would be 25% or 100% if both parents were homozygous for the allele.