T+ albinos?

[cassadaga]

I was just curious, are all three strains of "albino" considered tyrosinase positive? I don't think I fully understand what T+ means, but if a gecko was not T+, I would think it'd be more like an albino ball, where any black spotting would become white, not pink, purple or brown?

 

[Gazz]

All three strains of albino leo's are T+ albino but the fact they are is just not bush aside.Most likly due to the fact that we don't have a ture albino one looking pretty much like a albino mack super snow blizzard but ofcourse only one gene involed true albino.Tyrosinase-positive = An albino not able to synthesize melanin, but capable of synthesizing tyrosinase, which results in lavender-brown skin color. Also referred to as T+.

 

[TokayKeeper]

Tyrosinase-positive = An albino not able to synthesize melanin, but capable of synthesizing tyrosinase, which results in lavender-brown skin color. Also referred to as T+.

Tyrosinase is an enzyme that leads to the production of the amino acid tyrosine. Tyrosine is one of the animo acids present in the metabolic pathway that leads to the production of melanin, a pigment.

By being tyrosine positive the body is still able to produce small amounts of pigment (melanin).

Lippincott's Pocket Pathology - read pages 139 and 140, topic albinism.

Ocular Manifestations of Albinism

Albinism

Or you can google tyrosine positive + albinism