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In case of albino people,there is an absence of pigment. So, what will be the gene controlling their skin colour ?

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Albinism is a genetic disorder which is caused by a faulty gene. But skin color in such person is also under polygenic inheritance and is controlled by 3 genes A,B, and C. Though there will be no production of melanin due to genetic defect.

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