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What specific chromosome affects white lion mutation is not common knowledge right now, however this condition is called Leucism, and is caused by the presence of two recessive alleles for pigmentation, with the abscense of a dominant allele to give the lion any color. The recessive alleles in the DNA of the lion's cells are incapable of producing pigmentation. During the transcription of the DNA to RNA, it is probable that the DNA has an extra nitrogen base (Adenine, Thymine, Cytosine, Guanine) or missing a nitrogen base, or one of the bases is different (mutated from the original base (IE Adenine with Cytosine)). Due to this mutation, when RNA is produced for skin cells, the mutation makes the codons which bond to the RNA in the Ribosome different, making a mutated skin cell protein.

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