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People with albinism have little or no pigment in their eyes, skin, or hair (white skin, hair, no eyebrows or eyelashes and pale blue eyes or pale pink eyes, but can be violet or brown). They have inherited genes that do not make the usual amounts of a pigment called melanin. One person in 17,000 in the U.S.A. has some type of albinism. Albinism affects people from all races. Albinos must protect their eyes from the sunlight. Albinos use to stick to themselves simply because society seems to have a problem accepting them or will at least stare at them and treat them "different." In todays world they are healthy in every way, intelligent and can lead normal lives.
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Is albino a race?
No albinoism is a condition in which the pigment melanin is absent from the body.
Would two light skin people have albino child?
Not necessarily - the genes for albinoism are very recessive, but can be carried by a number of people. To the best of my knowledge, there is no link between the genes for skin tone (pale, fair, bronze, chocolate, dark, etc) and the gene for albinoism (true absence of all pigmentation).
Are all albino hamsters girls?
Albinoism in hamsters (and in general) is not linked to the sex chromosomes. You can get male and female albino hamsters.
What is the name of a deer that is half albino and half regular deer?
The animal which is 1/2 albino and 1/2 regular deer is an all deer with complete coloring of a deer but the front half also received gene for albinoism (therefore its color pattern is "normal" in back half and the normal color of deer on the front half is "covered up" by the presence of the albinoism mutation. Partial mutations are rare.
You are the 3rd child of 4 The 4th is albino Will your wife and you have albino children?
It depends on whether you inherited any genes for albinoism from your parents (they both are carriers) and if your wife carries any of the genes. My understanding is that it is a recessive disorder.
Is a rare white stag a red deer a roe deer or both?
The rare white stag is a form of albinoism found in most species, so it could be either. There have been sightings of both albino red deer and albino fallow deer.
You are black but rather quite light is there anyway you can ensure your baby does not turn out to be albino?
Being light or dark skinned black has nothing to do with albinoism. This is a condition that is genetic, and has nothing to do with the skin color of the mother or father. This is also a relatively rare condition, so I really don't think you have anyting to worry about. This can happen with caucasion babies, as well as black.
Are albino wolves in captivity?
Albinoism is a result of inbreeding (i.e. incest - too small of a gene pool). It happens from time to time in the wild. I would think that in captivity, the wolves would be breed carefully enough to avoid this sort of thing.Mental retardation is also a common bi-product of inbreeding. It's not uncommon for albinos to have issues with mental retardation. I'm not sure if this falls under what you were asking - I suspect you were under the impression that abinoism was caused by a disease (which it is not).Blood disorders, like hemophelia, can also be caused by inbreeding.There are other causes to blood disorders and mental retardation, but albinoism is pretty much only caused by a limited gene pool.Source(s):Breed cattle for many years. You have to be careful to change out bulls every so often in order to avoid health issues related to inbreeding.
What are some nine letter words with 1st letter A and 2nd letter L and 9th letter M?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 4 words with the pattern AL------M. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 2nd letter L and 9th letter M. In alphabetical order, they are: albinoism algorithm alloplasm aluminium
What are some nine letter words with 1st letter A and 6th letter O and 7th letter I and 9th letter M?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 1 words with the pattern A----OI-M. That is, nine letter words with 1st letter A and 6th letter O and 7th letter I and 9th letter M. In alphabetical order, they are: albinoism
What are some nine letter words with 2nd letter L and 4th letter I and 5th letter N and 7th letter I?
According to SOWPODS (the combination of Scrabble dictionaries used around the world) there are 3 words with the pattern -L-IN-I--. That is, nine letter words with 2nd letter L and 4th letter I and 5th letter N and 7th letter I. In alphabetical order, they are: albinoism plaintiff plaintive
Is red eyes normal?
In the initial few days after the piercing, then yes, the redness is rather normal. Any longer than 72 hours, then you will want to consult your piercer, whom will more than likely advise for you to use sea salt soaks, which you should have been doing initially from the time of the piercing. Keep an eye on it.
