Then two of his descendents probably paired off-a rare case where an animal receives two recessive albino genes, one from each parent-and the result was Snowflake, an albino gorilla. Snowflake's grandfather probably carried the recessive albino genes, he said.
x26quot This explains why only one albino western lowland gorilla has ever been found,x26quot Marques-Bonet told National Geographic. That is, to be albino, you have to have the two chromosomes with the mutation for albinism," Tomas Marques, the director of the team that carried out the study presented Wednesday at the Barcelona zoo, told AFP by telephone. Both the mutant gene and the inbreeding are rare occurrences for western lowland gorillas, and the combination that produced Snowflake isn’t likely to happen again anytime soon. Now researchers at Barcelona's Institute of Evolutionary Biology have concluded after carrying out genome sequencing on the remains of the gorilla that his albinism was caused by a mutation of the SLC45A2 gene which was transmitted to him by both parents. Inbreeding caused albinism of Barcelonas famous gorilla: study Copo de Nieve (Snowflake), an albino gorilla at the Barcelona zoo, on September 14, 2003.
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In fact, gorillas share 98.3 of their genetic code with humans, making them our closest cousins after chimpanzees and bonobos. The gorilla was featured on postcards, mentioned in tourist guides and even featured on the cover of National Geographic magazine, becoming an unofficial mascot for the city and famous around the world. Gorillas are gentle giants and display many human-like behaviors and emotions, such as laughter and sadness. Despite such a quick turnaround, Son of Kong continues to receive surprisingly decent reviews, with much praise going to the visual effects of the titular character.
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The gorilla was captured in Equatorial Guinea, a former Spanish colony, after hunters killed the rest of its clan and taken to the Barcelona zoo in 1966 where he lived until his death from skin cancer in 2003. Unlike his father, Little Kong is an albino gorilla who remains mostly friendly to the human adventurers.
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