She was at the eye doctor and just said something passing about colors and they did an ad hoc test there. She never did anything like a DNA test because it really wouldn't change her life any. It's just an interesting fact that she sees more colors.
My theory that I've pieced together: The Y chromosome codes for 1 piece of the information and the X codes for 2. I'm sure it's not linear, but the quantum mechanic in me says that the color receptors are a linear combination of the three basis functions encoded on the DNA. For women their system is over determined, and I bet the green is really a degenerate solution that _usually_ overlaps. But in some cases the green is extra wide or even two district peaks. It also can explain why men are more likely to be color blind, if one of the 1 drops out, they only have two channels remaining. Women tend to have a back up.
Oh wow you're actually that famous physicist, what an honour! Been meaning to find a copy of your textbook. Any chance any of this has some influence on the idea of technicolor theories?
My theory that I've pieced together: The Y chromosome codes for 1 piece of the information and the X codes for 2. I'm sure it's not linear, but the quantum mechanic in me says that the color receptors are a linear combination of the three basis functions encoded on the DNA. For women their system is over determined, and I bet the green is really a degenerate solution that _usually_ overlaps. But in some cases the green is extra wide or even two district peaks. It also can explain why men are more likely to be color blind, if one of the 1 drops out, they only have two channels remaining. Women tend to have a back up.