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Variation in colour-blindness in some of the populations of North-East India has been examined. The people of North-East India are found to be extremely variable with regard to this trait, the frequency ranging from 0 to 8.05%. An attempt has also been made to examine the present findings in light of the hypothesis put forward by Post (1962a,b) and others about selection relaxation.
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Choudhury, B. Variation in colour-blindness in North-East India. Int. J. Anthropol. 9, 303–308 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02447572
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