erythrism
noun
er·y·thrism
ˈer-ə-ˌthri-zəm 
: a condition marked by exceptional prevalence of red pigmentation (as in hair or feathers)
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Tickled pink Solomon David, an aquatic ecologist at Louisiana’s Nicholls State University, suspects the mutation is a condition called erythrism, which causes an animal’s skin pigmentation to be reddish, or in some cases, pink.
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National Geographic, 11 Feb. 2020
Pink grasshoppers are the result of a genetic mutation called erythrism, which affects a recessive gene similar to the one that causes albinism.
—Amanda O'Donnell and Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
One variant called erythrism can give skin a reddish or pinkish hue, yielding strawberry-blonde leopards and fuschia grasshoppers.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
In humans, erythrism may be responsible, at least in part, for red hair and freckles, according to the Huffington Post.
—Fox News, 20 Aug. 2019
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National Geographic, 11 Feb. 2020
Pink grasshoppers are the result of a genetic mutation called erythrism, which affects a recessive gene similar to the one that causes albinism.
—Amanda O'Donnell and Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 20 Feb. 2020
One variant called erythrism can give skin a reddish or pinkish hue, yielding strawberry-blonde leopards and fuschia grasshoppers.
—Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2020
In humans, erythrism may be responsible, at least in part, for red hair and freckles, according to the Huffington Post.
—Fox News, 20 Aug. 2019
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erythrism
noun
er·y·thrism
ˈer-ə-ˌthriz-əm
: a condition marked by exceptional prevalence of red pigmentation (as in skin or hair)
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