Albinism

Albinism (from Latin albus, meaning "white") is a lack of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair. Albinism is an inherited condition resulting from the combination of recessive alleles passed from both parents of an individual.
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albinism
the absence of normal pigments in the hair, skin, and eyes of animals, or the absence of chlorophyll in plants that normally possess it
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Albinism is a genetic condition resulting in a lack of pigmentation in the eyes, skin and hair. It is an inherited condition arising from the combination of recessive genes passed from both parents of an individual.
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Albinism, the lack of pigmentation in skin, hair, and eyes, is also a Mendelian human trait. Homozygous recessive (aa) individuals make no pigments, and so have face, hair, and eyes that are white to yellow.
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X-Linked Ocular Albinism. Ballabio and Dick Lewis (BCM) have found an altered gene in the Xp22.3 region in patients with X-linked ocular albinism of the Nettleship-Falls type (OA1), a severe disorder affecting the eyes and the skin.
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Dysfunction or absence of the melanin-synthesising enzymes leads to various patterns of albinism. In some melanocytes, the melanosomes remain static within the cell.
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