many species of animals carry an allele for albinism. albinos are usually pale or whiet in color. explain why the allele for albinism is present at a lower frequency than the allele for having pigments. what conditions would be necessary for the albino allele to be more frequent.

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many species of animals carry an allele for albinism. albinos are usually pale or whiet in color. explain why the allele for albinism is present at a lower frequency than the allele  for having pigments. what conditions would be necessary for the albino allele to be more frequent.

Joana · Accepted Answer

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PsyDAG · Answer

Is the albino allele recessive and other pigments dominant?

However, since this is not my area of expertise, I searched Google under the key words "albino allele" to get these possible sources:

http://www.emunix.emich.edu/~rwinning/genetics/beyond2.htm
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http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasci/mole00/mole00087.htm
http://books.google.com/books?id=9Al-fcFBRqwC&pg=PA29&lpg=PA29&dq=albino+allele&source=web&ots=1TwbZxX-l_&sig=10dKzs6RXP_6A_1Nlmst2w-QUGE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result
http://www.siamesecatsociety.org.au/albinogene.html

In the future, you can find the information you desire more quickly, if you use appropriate key words to do your own search. Also see http://hanlib.sou.edu/searchtools/.

I hope this helps. Thanks for asking.

Cindy · Answer

What conditions would be necessary for the albino allele to be more frequent?

Kadelyn · Answer

no help at all