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A body is born with the normal number and distribution of rods, but no cones in his eyes. We would expect that the body would be-

A

coloure blind

B

night blind

C

blind in both eyes

D

blind in one eye

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Absence of cone cells in eyes is known as total colour blondness or monochromacy. This person views everything as if it was an a block and white television. Monochromacy occurs when 2 or all 3 of cone pigments are missing and color and lightness vision is reduced to one dimension.
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