Talk:Ocular albinism type 1

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Did you know... that Nettleship-Falls syndrome, the most common type of ocular albinism, may be caused by recessive mutations in the X chromosome?

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Question: If this is X-linked (to me that means it is on the X chromosome), the how can it be EXCLUSIVELY MALE? Women are carriers, and a male with the disorder both have the "defective" X chromosome. Thus women may also have the disorder although most likely at a lower frequency. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.244.214.59 (talk) 14:35, 9 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]