Albinism

Specific Purpose- To let the audience acknowledge Lupita Nyong’o and to be inspired by her. Thesis: After her performance in 12 years a slave, Nyong’o received her first Oscar and has been in many successful films. ______________________________________________________________________________ Introduction A. When you first think of an actor or an actress, you may think of someone who has been in Hollywood for quite some time or Leonardo DiCaprio, who finally won an Oscar after all the films he…

missing pigmentation. Pigmentation is what causes the specific colors like black, or brown to show up is the animal's coat, so when the pigmentation disappears it gives the animals a white coat. Leucism is commonly confused with albinism, now both do cause a white coat, albinism is caused by the lack of melanin which gives the animals red eyes, whereas leucism is caused by the disappearance of multiple types of pigment causing bluish grey…

Skin diseases are just about one of the most common diseases that one can obtain, varying from the common day to day acne to the very rare albinism. One skin disease that happens to be quite common, especially amongst pregnant women, is called melasma. It's a skin disease that does not come with any negative symptoms aside from dark brown patches on the face. Melasma often occurs more in women and in darker skinned people as people with darker skin have more melanin than paler ones. The causes…

When someone views a piece of art, they'll likely have some preconceived reservations about it and its content. If any other person comes along and looks upon the art, their interpretations will almost assuredly be different, if only slightly. The world that you perceive yourself living in is one that is exclusive to you. It's a world full of components that you interpret in one way or another and the collective of those interpretations isn't shared completely with anyone else. For this reason,…

appearance, behavior and, habitat apart from its beautiful ivory coat. The Bengal white tiger uniqueness is greatly thanks to its shocking appearance. The tiger’s magnificent appearance is a result of its glossy snow painted coat which is not caused by albinism. The inky black stripes that engulf the tiger’s body like a warm hug stand out perfectly against their soft ashen pelts. Not to mention their beautiful blue eyes that protrude out against their white coat like two beautiful sapphires…

The defect prevents phagocytes from destroying what they engulf and Giant Granules of undigested material builds up. This causes recurrent infection (impaired phagocyte function), oculocutaneous albinism (impaired melanin trafficking) & peripheral neuropathy (impaired axonal transport). A copious amount of individuals who develop this syndrome have issues with blood coagulation and clotting, with resultant easy bruising and abnormal bleeding. If…

Journal 1: Marie-Laure and Walter Pfenning are relatively close in age, and are on opposite ends of the nazi war. The story tells the story from both perspectives, from two children from the same the same town which makes this an interesting read. Werner reminds me of my sister because I would remember she was obviously more literate and she could figure out problems or come up with ideas faster than I could, and I, like Werner’s brothers, I would just play along and ask lots of naive…

Originally it was believed that all traits are blended together. Due to the work of Gregor Mendel, though, it was shown that characteristics are a result of inherited factors, known as genes1. Genes are units of heredity on a chromosome that bring about our existence and create diversity. This diversity arises from the fact that there are different forms of genes known as alleles. All the alleles of an organism are referred to as that organism’s genotype and results in an organism’s phenotype,…

This gene is responsible for limiting the production of melanin resulting in a derivation in iris pigmentation from the brown origin. According to research done at the University of Copenhagen, albinism is the result of a mutated OCA2 gene which leads to a lack of melanin based pigmentation in the skin, hair and eyes (Troelsen, 2008). Statistically, the OCA2 1/1 homozygote diplotype is found at 65% frequency in blue-eyed individuals vs. only 9.5%…

Gregor Mendel found out that factors determine individual traits. There was no specific way to know the outcome of an offspring. He transformed art into a science by using agricultural breeding. Instead of looking at the pea plant as a whole, Mendel focused on its individual traits. Mendel concluded that each alternative form of a trait is specified by alternative forms of a gene. To follow the inheritance of genes from parent to child, Mendel first needed to be sure which genes each parent…