Albinism is a recessive genetic condition in which a person lacks pigment that gives color to the skin. If the allele for albinism is represented as "a," and the functional allele is represented as "A," what will be the genotype of a person with albinism?

Question

Albinism is a recessive genetic condition in which a person lacks pigment that gives color to the skin. If the allele for albinism is represented as "a," and the functional allele is represented as "A," what will be the genotype of a person with albinism?

A
Aa or AA

B
Aa or aa

C
AA

D
aa

Answer 1

The correct answer is D) aa.

A person with albinism will have the genotype aa, as they have inherited two copies of the recessive allele "a" and do not have a copy of the functional allele "A".