albino deer shot up north

[ricqik]

It's the human way of thinking stupid. Protect the defect and weak and not the healthy and strong. Nature way of eliminating what's not supposed to be. In albinism, nature chose white so predators can pinpoint and eliminate the defect quicker. Only human chooses to oppose natures way. As unique as it is, we must learn to resist the urge to protect what nature don't want.

[Muskiefool]

Color sorta matches the button I saw at Father Hennepin park last Nov, but who knows, there was allot of cars going through that day to see the Doe and little one, everyone that sees the pics asks if I shot it or says they are illegal to shoot.

[MOBY RICHARD*]

The cause of Full Albinism, which is a lack of coloration, (All white and light colored eyes), is a lack of color producing Melanin Pigmentation, which is itself caused by a nonfunctioning TYR Gene, which normally produces Tyrosinase and Melanin Pigmentation.

These nonfunctioning, or in the case of Partial Albinos, partially functioning TYR Genes, are considerd Recessive and not Dominant, or Normal, as they do not Normally Dominate within the Species, and become apparent only when the animal has two of the these Genes.

The Offspring has to Inherit one completly Non-Functioning, TYR/Recessive Gene from each Parent to become Full Albino.

In Albino Variants/Partial Albinos... either the TYR Gene only partially works/leaks, or other genes that complete the Melanin production are not working...

96trigger is correct in his example of One Parent carrying Both the Dominant/Normal working TYR Gene, and the Recessive/Albino non working TYR Gene...if the Other Parent carries one of the Dominant and one of the Recessive TYR Genes also...this should result in a 25% occurrence of Albino, and 75% Occurrence of a Normal colored Deer....

If One Parent is Albino, they have two Recessive TYR Genes, and if they mate with A Non-Albino that has one Recessive TYR, and one Dominant TYR Gene...then the percentages for the Offspring to be either Albino or Normal, is 50%.

If both Parents are Albino, they both have two of the Recessive/Albino TYR Genes and no Dominant/Normal TYR Genes, and the resulting Offspring should be Albino 100% of the time...and then of course if their Offspring successfully only mate with each other, or other 2 Recessive Gene Critters they should always produce Albinos...just like White Bunnies with Pink or Blue eyes...at the Pet Store.

If either a Full Albino (2 Recessive TYR Genes), or a Carrier (One Recessive and one Normal TYR Gene), mate with another that has only 2 Normal TYR Genes, then no Full Albinos should result...though Partials could still result if there is problem with Melanin production completion...

Mice have 100 known Genes that can affect Partial Albinism and I have no idea what the theoretical Scientific Percentages of that occurring are...