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Essay Galaxy - Albinism
Albinism
Albinism is a disorder where a person, of any race, lacks skin pigmentation. No one is believed to have discovered albinism but there are reports that date back to 1904. Although rare, several famous people have Albinism. Some famous people with Albinism are Johnny and Edgar Winter: the blues brothers, Salif Keita: The Golden Voice of Mali, Yellowman: the reggae rebel, and Rev. William Archibald Spooner.
There are at least 6 different types of albinism caused by alterations at 6 different genes. The list of these genes and their chromosomal locations is below.
Type of albinism Gene Symbol chromosome
Tyrosinase related albinism Tyrosinase OCA1 chromosome 11
P gene related albinism P gene OCA2 chromosome 15
Tyrosinase related protein TRP-1 gene OCA3 chromosome 9
Hermansky Pudlak Syndrome ....
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