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Both the eyes and legs are still of the normal colour. Leucism (/ ˈ l uː s ɪ z əm,-k ɪ z-/) [2] [3] [4] is a wide variety of conditions that result in partial loss of pigmentation in an animal—causing white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales, or cuticles, but not the eyes. [4] It is occasionally spelled leukism.
Panthera leo melanochaita is a lion subspecies in Southern and East Africa. [1] In this part of Africa, lion populations are regionally extinct in Lesotho, Djibouti and Eritrea, and are threatened by loss of habitat and prey base, killing by local people in retaliation for loss of livestock, and in several countries also by trophy hunting. [2]
The irises of human eyes exhibit a wide spectrum of colours. Eye color is a polygenic phenotypic trait determined by two factors: the pigmentation of the eye's iris [1] [2] and the frequency-dependence of the scattering of light by the turbid medium in the stroma of the iris. [3]: 9
BCM results from mutations in a single red or red–green hybrid opsin gene, mutations in both the red and the green opsin genes or deletions within the adjacent LCR (locus control region) on the X chromosome. [3] Green cone monochromacy (GCM), also known as M-cone monochromacy, is a condition where the blue and red cones are absent in the ...
In birds, albinism has been defined as "a total lack of both melanins in feathers, eyes and skin as a result of an inherited absence of tyrosinase", [18] however, this ignores the effects of other pigments and structural colours. Albino Rock dove. An albino bird has a white beak, white plumage, non-coloured skin, white talons and pink or red ...
Those red eyes you get from swimming aren't caused by chlorine, according to an official with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. %shareLinks-quote="Chlorine binds with all the things ...
Leos are ruled by the sun, making people want to bask in the warm, generous, giving light. Leos have a way of making others feel beautiful and special, which is why they tend to be social butterflies.
"His right eye was light blue, while the left was black, nevertheless his eyes were most attractive", is the description of the historian John Malalas. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 35 ] A more recent example is the German poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre director, and critic, Johann Wolfgang Goethe .