 | Posted by: | BT, Wherezat@aol.com | | Subject: | Albino Baby | | When: | 10:58 AM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 205.188.192.151 | | Locked: | This discussion was locked by a moderator. |
Well peeps, our male and female gliders have had their first baby and he's an albino. He's been out of pouch for about 3 weeks so far and he's a hand full. Does anyone here know how many albino's are in the US. I've had reports of 3 counting this one. Anyone else know???
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| Posted by: | Rachel2, SugarGMommy@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:07 AM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 205.188.193.24 |
Are the eyes open yet? You won't know for sure if he is an albino until the eyes open. If he has normal eyes, he is considered a "Blonde" glider. If his eyes have no pigmentation, then the baby is Albino. Do you know if there is albinism in either mom or dad's bloodlines? Albinism is a recessive genetic trait, very rare and hard to come by. Either mom or dad would have to have a recessive gene for albinism, for the baby to actually "carry" let alone "show" the trait. And after that little lesson in genetics, there is a post somewhere on this board about some albino babies. They turned out to be blonde, they opened their eyes and they were brown. It is a rather old post so I would look on page 3+. Hope this helps!
| Posted by: | Debbie, delliott@tulane.edu | | Subject: | Genetics lesson | | When: | 11:14 AM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 216.227.111.97 |
Sorry, Rach2, actually BOTH mom and dad have to have the recessive gene and both pass it on to the baby for it to result in albinism. This goes for all recessive genes, such as blue eyes in humans. That is why they are special!
| Posted by: | Rachel2, SugarGMommy@aol.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:16 AM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 205.188.193.24 |
ACK! My bad...sorry about that.
| Posted by: | Barb, blooprints@yahoo.com | | Subject: | none | | When: | 11:19 AM, 30 Dec 2000 | | IP: | 63.178.66.61 |
Debbie is right. If both parents carry the recessive gene, then there would be a 1 in 4 chance of having it show up. (The other cases would be 1/2 being genetically identical to the parents for this trait or 1/4 the straight recessive gene.) Yes, I did take a graduate course in genetics many long years ago.
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