How Is Albinism Inherited?

Albinism is primarily inherited through autosomal recessive and X-linked recessive patterns. In autosomal recessive inheritance, both parents carry the disease-causing gene but remain asymptomatic themselves; however, they can pass the condition to their children, affecting both sons and daughters equally. In X-linked recessive inheritance, if the mother carries the disease-causing gene, each son has a 50% chance of being affected, while daughters are either unaffected or become carriers. If the father carries the disease-causing gene, all sons will be unaffected, whereas daughters will not develop the disease but will be carriers. Thus, X-linked recessive inheritance predominantly affects males.