But what you may not realize is that many animal species can carry the gene. Some are more shocking than others. Stick around ...

For an animal to be born with albinism, both parents must carry the recessive albino gene. Even when both parents carry it, however, there’s only a 25% chance they will produce an albino fawn.

Here the workers used a chimeric oligonucleotide to correct the albino point mutation in the mouse tyrosinase gene. Chimeric oligonucleotides correct point mutations by using the cellular ...

Because the gene itself is so rare, albino dogs are also incredibly rare. 2. Their eyes aren’t actually pink If you’ve ever seen an albino rabbit, you will have noticed that their eyes are ...