It means that the two genes responsible for albinism reside at different locations and do not line up to create a homozygous recessive. Look at it this way:

The albino Ruthvens is:

aa BB

and the albino nelsons is:

AA bb

The offspring would inherit a dominant and a recessive from each parent making them:

Aa Bb - technically making the neonates double het.

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• Alb nelsons and alb ruthvens question - Jeff Schofield, Sat Feb 9 16:39:48 2008
• RE: Alb nelsons and alb ruthvens questio - charleshanklin, Sat Feb 9 16:53:48 2008
• See, thats what is really helpful,thanks - Jeff Schofield, Sat Feb 9 18:40:20 2008
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