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Genetics
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ISBN: 9781464109461
Author: Benjamin A. Pierce
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Chapter 3.2, Problem 44CQ
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To determine:

The explanation for the higher than expected frequency of albinism among the family.

Introduction:

Albinism is a recessive disease caused due to defect in the enzyme required for the production of melanin (pigment that darkens the hair, eye and skin). People with such disease cannot produce this pigment resulting in white hair, no pigment in the iris of their eye and light skin. In humans, albinism is caused by mutation in genes that control the production and storage of melanin.

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