Discussions › Category: Basic Science › Do people inherit albinism? 1 Vote Up Vote Down Precious Inifan asked 3 years ago Do people inherit albinism? Suwebat Junaid replied 3 years ago Yes James Blessing replied 3 years ago Yes Samuel Oluwatomi replied 3 years ago Yes but not always John Militus replied 3 years ago Yes Taiwo Koleosho replied 2 years ago In all types of OCA and some types of OA, albinism is passed on in an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. This means a child has to get 2 copies of the gene that causes albinism (1 from each parent) to have the condition. Ezebunwa Anulika replied 2 years ago Yes of course 2 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down John Militus answered 3 years ago Yes Natachi Eze replied 3 years ago yes OLUWANIFEMI IBIKUNLE replied 1 year ago Yes 0 Vote Up Vote Down Kosi Favour answered 1 year ago Yes Please login or Register to submit your answer Username or Email Address Password Remember Me
Yes
Yes
Yes but not always
Yes
In all types of OCA and some types of OA, albinism is passed on in an autosomal recessive inheritance pattern. This means a child has to get 2 copies of the gene that causes albinism (1 from each parent) to have the condition.
Yes of course