Discussions › Category: Basic Science › Do people inherit albinism? 1 Vote Up Vote Down Precious Inifan asked 8 months ago Do people inherit albinism? Suwebat Junaid replied 7 months ago Yes James Blessing replied 7 months ago Yes Samuel Oluwatomi replied 6 months ago Yes but not always John Militus replied 6 months ago Yes Taiwo Koleosho replied 3 months 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. 1 Answers 0 Vote Up Vote Down John Militus answered 6 months ago Yes Natachi Eze replied 6 months ago yes
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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.