Albinism is the absence of pigment throughout the body. Animals with albinism have white fur and reddish eyes. Albinism is inherited as a recessive trait, so animals with two a alleles have albinism, whereas animals with at least one dominant A allele have normal coloring. Using the Punnett square below, determine the probability of two albino parents (with aa genotypes) producing a child with albinism.

Albinism is the absence of pigment throughout the body. Animals with albinism have white fur and reddish eyes. Albinism is inherited as a recessive trait, so animals with two a alleles have albinism, whereas animals with at least one dominant A allele have normal coloring. Using the Punnett square below, determine the probability of two albino parents (with aa genotypes) producing a child with albinism.

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