Saturday, October 20, 2012

Albino Deer

Albino deer do not have the gene for normal coloration. They lack the enzyme Melanin, responsible for skin, hair, and tissue coloration. The result of this genetic oddity is the total absence of color giving them their white appearance. Albinism in deer is a recessive trait, meaning both the buck and doe must carry the recessive gene for it to occur in their offspring. An albino deer bred to another albino would have only albinos. The albino deer, other than their color difference, are in every other way the same as regular colored deer...their health is not compromised by the recessive gene.


 













 



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