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- Dictionaryalbino/alˈbiːnəʊ/
noun
- 1. a person or animal having a congenital absence of pigment in the skin and hair (which are white) and the eyes (which are usually pink): "people often assume that any white squirrel is an albino"
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1 day ago · Definition. Autosomal recessive is a pattern of inheritance characteristic of some genetic disorders. “Autosomal” means that the gene in question is located on one of the numbered, or non-sex, chromosomes. “Recessive” means that two copies of the mutated gene (one from each parent) are required to cause the disorder.
4 days ago · National Coordinator for the Association for People Living with Albinism (APAM), Maynard Zakalia, hailed the government for embarking on the construction of houses for people living with albinism, saying the houses will protect the families and the people living with albinism.
1 day ago · A believer who consults a witchdoctor for divination when misfortune strikes or when faces a faith crisis deviates from his or her religious beliefs and is practising syncretism. Hunting for persons with albinism is linked to superstitious beliefs (Ntetema, BBC News, July 24, 2008), which are devoid of scientific or even religious justification.
2 days ago · Public debates about albino killings in Tanzania and other African countries had been dominated by media reports rather than academic writings that have caused further harm to victims and their families whereby their loved ones are kidnapped and hacked to death.
3 days ago · Some specifically define speciesism as discrimination or unjustified treatment based on an individual's species membership, while others define it as differential treatment without regard to whether the treatment is justified or not.
4 days ago · Deoxyribonucleic acid ( / diːˈɒksɪˌraɪboʊnjuːˌkliːɪk, - ˌkleɪ -/ ⓘ; [1] DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix. The polymer carries genetic instructions for the development, functioning, growth and reproduction of all known organisms and many viruses.
4 days ago · A species (pl.: species) is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction.
