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Albino giraffes have white hair. there are very few albino giraffes in the wild.



why are there few albino giraffes in the wild?



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User Parvina
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They are less albinos than no albinos in every single species. This is because most parents don't have those genes (of jeans, I can't tell which one).
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User Smitec
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Because white hair is a recessive allele meaning it is dominated over Brown hair alleles.
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User Audwin Oyong
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