Albino: A relatively rare, genetically recessive condition resulting in white hair and pink eyes.
Allele: One member of a pair or series of genes that occupy a specific position on a specific chromosome.
Albino - A mutation in animals with little to no pigmentation in the eyes, coat & skin. The eyes are often pink or red. This is caused by the blood in the translucent eye structures. The Siamese is an incomplete albino.
Albino
Albino: having little to no colored pigment in the coat, skin and eyes.
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Albino: A white cat because it lacks melanin pigmentation.
Allergy: A reaction resulting from exposure to a certain allergen.
Albino: lack of pigmentation i.e. white with blue eyes; the most extreme form of albino is a cat with pink eyes.
Apricot: pink-brown
Black: jet black, called Ebony ...
The Burmese gene responsible for the sable color is a member of the albino series of gene alleles and causes solid black to appear dark brown by reducing the amount of pigment in the hair.
There are many breeds of the European Shorthair: Black, which is extremely widespread and has a glossy black coat with yellow, orange, or copper eyes; White, with snow white coat with yellow or copper eyes; Albino, ...
The Burmese Brown coat is caused by the Burmese gene (cb), part of the albino series, which causes a reduction in the amount of pigment produced converting black into brown, and all the other colours into a paler, ...
day capital of Bangkok, there are manuscripts from Ayudha that provide a record of native cats, describing them as having black tails, feet and ears with a white body and blue eyes which reflect a reddish glow at night because it is part albino.
Burmese/Siamese/blue-eyed white/pink-eyed white (albino)
The coloring of the Burmese and the points of the Siamese is temperature sensitive.
are Seal Point, Chocolate Point, Blue Point, Lilac Point and Albino. The points refer to the face, ears, paws and tail. These are the areas that are colored with a darker color than the rest of the body.
He also mentioned the potential for degenerative problems, such as deafness, related to "albinism" (blue-eyed white was mistaken for albinism) so some indication that the cat wasn't albino, such as a dark membrane, was desirable.
It was discovered that the Burmese gene responsible for the sable color is a member of the albino series of gene. The Burmese gene causes solid black to appear dark sable brown by reducing the amount of pigment in the hair.
Many early Siamese were cross-eyed to compensate for the abnormal uncrossed wiring of the optic chiasm, which is produced by the same albino allele that produces coloured points.
 See also: Cat Fancy, Siamese Cat, Tortie, Pigment, Hybrid
  
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