> Date: Tue, 3 Apr 2001 23:16:20 -0400
> From: Keith Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Chris wrote:
> > FYI (not directed to anyone in particular, just a
> > general statement), albinism is the lack of melanin, or black and brown
> > pigments.
>
>It is simply semantics. Albinism is defined by some as the absence of melanin -
>merely because the first critters is was used to describe have only one pigment,
>melanin! Others define it as the absebce of "normal' coloration. In fact
>that is how it is defined in most dictionaries. Anyone out there know if there
>is a consensu in the scientific community?
'Amelanistic' might be a better term for 'albino' in species with
multiple skin pigments. 'Albino' is sometimes used in botany to refer
to mutant plants without chlorophyll and in horticulture for plants
with white rather than normally colored flowers, but both these usages
are not as common in current as in old literature.
> Keith "good greif - now 'air guitar' is in the dictionary" Benson
But 'greif' isn't! :-)
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