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    tetra. Albinism is a well-recognized phenomenon in molluscs, both in the shell and in the soft parts. It has been claimed by some, e.g. that albinism can...
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    Albinism is a congenital condition characterized in humans by the partial or complete absence of pigment in the skin, hair and eyes. Albinism is associated...
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  • Ocular albinism is a form of albinism which, in contrast to oculocutaneous albinism, presents primarily in the eyes. There are multiple forms of ocular...
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    with albinism have been persecuted, killed and dismembered, and graves of albinos dug up and desecrated. At the same time, people with albinism have also...
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  • Oculocutaneous albinism is a form of albinism involving the eyes (oculo-), the skin (-cutaneous), and the hair. Overall, an estimated 1 in 20,000 people...
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  • Albinism organisations and others have expressed criticism over the portrayal of individuals with albinism in popular culture, specifically in movies and...
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    Plumage (redirect from Albinism in birds)
    of albinism in chickens has been described: A complete albinism controlled by an autosomal recessive gene and two different kinds of partial albinism. One...
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  • Albin may refer to: Albin, Wyoming, US Albin Township, Brown County, Minnesota, US Albin, Virginia, US Albin (given name), origin of the name and people...
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    ranging from 1 in 2,000 to 1 in 5,000. Another form of Albinism, the "yellow oculocutaneous albinism", appears to be more prevalent among the Amish, who...
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    hypopigmentation common in human albinism. (The name of the gene is derived from the disorder it causes, oculocutaneous albinism type II.) Different SNPs within...
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    in all types of pigment. This is in contrast to albinism, for which leucism is often mistaken. Albinism results in the reduction of melanin production...
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  • Oculocutaneous albinism type I or type 1A is an autosomal recessive skin disease. This subtype of oculocutaneous albinism is caused when the gene for tyrosinase...
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  • The Albin Countergambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 and the usual continuation is: 3. dxe5 d4 The opening is a gambit...
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  • International Albinism Awareness Day (IAAD) is celebrated annually on June 13 to celebrate the human rights of persons with albinism worldwide. Around...
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  • Albinism-black lock-cell migration disorder (ABCD syndrome) is the initialism for the following terms and concepts that describe a condition affecting...
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    lack of pigment cells (melanocytes) are called piebaldism, not albinism nor partial albinism. All so-called "albino" horses have pigmented eyes, generally...
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    blindness associated with this albinism limits the individuals to find water and food. Incomplete sex-linked albinism in turkeys in different from that...
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    Ocular albinism type 1 (OA1) is the most common type of ocular albinism, with a prevalence rate of 1:50,000. It is an inheritable classical Mendelian type...
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  • Albin is a French, German, and English surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adolf Albin (1848–1920), Romanian chess player Barry T. Albin...
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    The decrease in phagocytosis results in recurrent pyogenic infections, albinism, and peripheral neuropathy. In Chédiak–Higashi syndrome, the lysosomal...
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    "partial albinism" is a synonym for piebaldism, it is a fundamentally different condition from true albinism. The vision problems associated with albinism are...
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    Albin Polasek (February 14, 1879 – May 19, 1965) was a Czech-American sculptor and educator. He created more than 400 works during his career, 200 of...
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  • Albin Norblad may refer to: A. W. Norblad (1881–1960), governor of Oregon A. Walter Norblad (1908–1964), American attorney and politician in Oregon Albin...
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  • Albin is a masculine Polish, Scandinavian, German, French and Slovenian given name, from the Roman cognate Albinus, derived from the Latin albus, meaning...
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    characterized by a chronic Albinism in cave's individuals. It exists as a deletion in Pachón and Molino's caves fish that produces the albinism. Mutations in the...
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  • Albin Sandqvist also known by the mononym Albin is a solo Swedish singer. He was part of the Swedish band Star Pilots, a solo electronic / dance pop act...
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    Tietz syndrome, also called Tietz albinism-deafness syndrome or albinism and deafness of Tietz, is an autosomal dominant congenital disorder characterized...
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  • oculocutaneous albinism, hypoplasia of the distal phalanx of fingers, and agenesia of the distal end of the right big toe. Microcephaly albinism digital anomalies...
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    Albin Julius (born Albin Julius Martinek, 16 October 1967 – 4 May 2022) was an Austrian martial music and industrial artist; his primary musical project...
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  • Henry Albin (20 June 1624 – 5 September 1696) was an English minister, ejected for nonconformity. He was born at Batcombe, Somersetshire, famous still...
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