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Basically Albinism occurs because one of several genetic defects. This makes your body unable to to produce and/or distribute Melanin, which is a black pigment that gives color to your hair, skin, and the iris of your eye.
So it is a genetic problem that is inherited.
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What is responsible for passing albinism from a parent offspring to its offspring?
2020 students its GENES
What might happen if mouse color was not passed from parent to offspring?
The parent had a recessive gene or a gene with incomplete dominance. The rare case of albinism may also be the cause.
Can you speard albimism by toucking someone if you have it?
No.Most forms of albinism are the result of the biological inheritance of genetically recessive alleles (genes) passed from both parents of an individual, though some rare forms are inherited from only one parent. There are other genetic mutations which are proven to be associated with albinism. All alterations, however, lead to changes in melanin production in the body.The chance of offspring with albinism resulting from the pairing of an organism with albinism and one without albinism is low. However, because organisms can be carriers of genes for albinism without exhibiting any traits, albinistic offspring can be produced by two non-albinistic parents. Albinism usually occurs with equal frequency in both genders. An exception to this is ocular albinism, which it is passed on to offspring through X-linked inheritance. Thus, ocular albinism occurs more frequently in males as they have a single X and Y chromosome, unlike females, whose genetics are characterized by two X chromosomes.There are two different forms of albinism; a partial lack of the melanin is known as hypomelanism, or hypomelanosis and the total absence of melanin is known as amelanism or amelanosis.(Source wikipedia)
What is responsible for passing albinism from a parent organism to its offspring?
yes it can be but that is not always the case albinism is a genetic disorder that can just happen for no particular reason like a baby being born with an organ failure or a missing arm or whatever it is not allways passed down from the parents and it can skip gnerations hope this helped
Albinism or the lack of color is a recessive trait that is present in some plants Cross two carriers for albinism If 500 plants resulted from the cross what percent of offspring would be expected?
25%
Can a mutation be passed on to offspring?
Not usually. Only In certain circumstances, can a mutation be passed on to offspring; such as Downs-syndrome.
What are the chances of a person with albinism passing the disease to their offspring?
highly unlikely
The triat that appears in the offspring is called?
the characteristics which are passed on by to a offspring by its parents
The mutations that breeders induce in organisms are passed on to the organisms?
offspring
The photo below shows an albino offspring from a non-albino mother. If albinism is a recessive trait, what are the possible genotypes of the mother, the father, and the offspring?
It could be that the dad is albino but the mom isn’t.
What are genetic traits?
Genetic traits are variations of features passed on to offspring from there parents.
Can a mutation in the retina be passed on to the offspring?
No.
