albinism is common.
What are the demographics of albinism:
Ocular Albinism is a type of albinism that affects mostly vision. It commonly comes with the lack of melanin in the skin that occurs in regular albinism.
Gender is determined at the time of conception. The fertilizing sperm carries either an X (female) or Y (male) chromosome. There is no gender-switching.
Chromosome 9.
Albinism is a congenital disorder.
Albinism is a recessively inherited disease. People with albinism has inherited 2 albinism genes. They got one gene from each parent.
In the Philippines,A celebrity that has albinism is redford white.
differentiate melanin melanocytes and albinism
Melanism is rarer than Albinism
It is passed on from mother or father to child if the parents are albino, or if the mother carries the gene for albinism. The father cannot carry the gene as only woman are able to be carriers. Therefore, even if both parents are normal, the child can be albino (because the mother obviously carries the gene for albinism). :D
People who have a family history of albinism will be the most likely to get albinism but normal people have a chance of getting it