Sentences with phrase «produces albinism»
If herds decline and inbreeding increases (which experts say hasn't happened yet), mutations like the one that produces albinism — a failure of the body to generate pigment — could increase.
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The lab - produced material could have practical implications for the treatment of melanin - deficient disorders such as vitiligo and albinism.
In parallel, the generation of functional melanocytes from pluripotent stem cells, capable of producing melanosomes and transferring them to keratinocytes, will facilitate in vitro analysis of molecular mechanisms underlying melanocytic defects observed in genetic diseases such as neurofibromatosis or albinism.
The Siamese cat has a form of partial albinism due to an enzyme that blocks melanin, but this enzyme that produces light coat color is inactivated by cooler body temperature.