![]() ![]() No one else has reported inbreeding in Western lowland gorillas, Marques-Bonet told the website, though some other gorilla subspecies with small populations have been known to turn to family to mate. They found that 12 per cent of the genes from Snowflake's mother and father matched, a number that points to an uncle and niece mating as the most likely parentage for Snowflake. The researchers combed through Snowflake's genome looking for stretches of DNA that were identical due to inbreeding. The gene has previously been linked to albinism in mice, horses, chickens and a species of fish, LiveScience reported. Snowflake inherited a mutant form of this gene from both of his parents. NATURE’s Snowflake: The White Gorilla tells the story of this remarkable animal, from his loving upbringing by humans to his eventual death from skin cancer in 2003. ![]() Using frozen blood from Snowflake, researchers led by Tomas Marques-Bonet of the Institut de Biologia Evolutiva at the University of Pompeu Fabra sequenced the entire genome of the late ape.Ĭomparing that sequence with those of humans and nonalbino gorillas, Marques-Bonet and his colleagues narrowed down the cause of Snowflake's albinism to a single gene, known as SLC45A2. There will be a slight feeling of sedation along with a creative motivation come upon you. People with albinism are at high risk for vision problems and skin cancers because of this missing pigment. White Gorilla is a slightly Indica-leaning hybrid of Fire Alien and the classic Gorilla Glue 4. They discovered a completely white baby gorilla still clinging to its mothers body. In humans, four genetic mutations are known to cause albinism, a syndrome marked by a lack of skin, eye and hair pigment. Snowflake THE ORIGINS OF 'NFUMU NGUI' On 1 October 1966, a group of farmers killed a female gorilla that was eating their banana and coffee crops in the jungle of Nkó, Rio Muni province, in Equatorial Guinea (then known as Spanish Guinea). Now, Spanish researchers have sequenced the gorilla's entire genome, revealing that Snowflake was probably the offspring of a pairing between an uncle and a niece. As the only known white gorilla in the world, Snowflake was a zoo celebrity until his death of skin cancer in 2003. This mostly-Sativa hybrid is fast-growing and productive with a shorter flowering time than its Haze pedigree might suggest. He was born in the wild and captured in 1966 by villagers in Equatorial Guinea. White Gorilla Haze brings together the world-class resin production of Gorilla Glue and the dreamy, soaring high of the finest Haze strains. Cut off from his tribe he becomes lonely and angry. Snowflake was a male Western lowland gorilla. White Gorilla, also known as 'White Glue' and 'White Gorilla Glue,' is a potent indica-dominant hybrid marijuana strain made by crossing White Fire Alien OG with Gorilla Glue 4. A white gorilla is snubbed by black gorillas because he is the wrong color. Scientists have solved the long-standing mystery of the only known albino gorilla in the world, claiming that its unusual white colouring was the result of inbreeding. ![]()
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