Essay Archive - Albinism
Albinism
The word "albinism" refers to a group of inherited conditions. People
with albinism have little or no pigment in their eyes, skin, or hair. They have
inherited genes that do not make the usual amounts of a pigment called melanin.
One person in 17,000 has some type of albinism. Albinism affects people from all
races. Most children with albinism are born to parents who have normal hair and
eye color for their ethnic backgrounds. Albinism is found on the eleventh
chromosome, section q, loci 14-21.
Oculocutaneous albinism involves the eyes, hair, and sk....
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