Variations of natural beauty

Melanistic, Albino, Amelanistic, Leucistic , Vitiligo, Erythrism, Poliosis, Heterochromia... Melanism = abundance of dark-colored pigment melanin. Albino lacks melanin, is pink skin with red eyes, white fur, hair, scales, feathers. Amel is lack of Blacks & Browns only. Poliosis is the decrease or absence of melanin (or color) in head hair, eyebrows, eyelashes or any other hairy area while vitiligo affects the skin. Xanthochromism is an unusually yellow pigmentation in an animal
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37 Animals With Such Unusual Color Mutations That They Don’t Even Look Real - DOGBEAST
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Mendelian Genetics Unit: Lesson 4: Homozygous & Heterozygous
Key terms: gene, allele, phenotype, genotype, dominant, recessive, homozygous, heterozygous, genetics Building on the previous 3 lessons, students will look for the connection between genotypes and phenotypes, differentiate between homozygous and heterozygous genotypes, complete word studies and gr...
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