Genetic Mutation Makes Brown Eyes Blue!

yaya im not mutated i have brown eyes:Pinyourface_12

yaya im not mutated i have brown eyes:Pinyourface_12

If we didn't mutate we would probaly still be bacteria in the ocean bottom.

so they can turn brown eyes blue, huh? now if they can only turn their hair blonde it would be a perfect world! (kidding! KIDDING!)sovereign_22

[QUOTE="sovereign_22"]so they can turn brown eyes blue, huh? now if they can only turn their hair blonde it would be a perfect world! (kidding! KIDDING!)Cyrax-Sektor

[QUOTE="Cyrax-Sektor"][QUOTE="sovereign_22"]so they can turn brown eyes blue, huh? now if they can only turn their hair blonde it would be a perfect world! (kidding! KIDDING!)sovereign_22

I read in the news, polls were taken, and for the first time in history, 2007, more people were dying their hair black.

[QUOTE="sovereign_22"][QUOTE="Cyrax-Sektor"][QUOTE="sovereign_22"]so they can turn brown eyes blue, huh? now if they can only turn their hair blonde it would be a perfect world! (kidding! KIDDING!)Cyrax-Sektor

I read in the news, polls were taken, and for the first time in history, 2007, more people were dying their hair black.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22934464/wid/11915773?GT1=10815

Interesting, everyone with Blue eyes are descendants of one person.
EVOLV3

interesting but I'm kinda confused. I mean in order to be born with blue eyes, the gene has to be present within both parents. so if only one person had the mutation all those thousands of years ago, how was it able to spread? Pearl_of_Egypt

The only plausible explanation here is that this individual's offspring were heterozygous for this gene (brown/blue) and they procreated quite a bit. Assuming no incest took place, these heterozygotes would mate several generations down the line and boom (brown/blue * brown/blue = 25% blue eyes assuming this gene follows mandelian inheritance).

Where you live mustn't get exposed to the fads much. :P Resilent beings, give in to the masses! Cyrax-Sektor

Everyone with black hair where I live is emo so...

But I have blue eyes. Yay for me! That article was pretty funny where it said "blue eyes do something for people. It makes them have more kids" lol.

[QUOTE="Pearl_of_Egypt"]interesting but I'm kinda confused. I mean in order to be born with blue eyes, the gene has to be present within both parents. so if only one person had the mutation all those thousands of years ago, how was it able to spread? spierdalaj666

The only plausible explanation here is that this individual's offspring were heterozygous for this gene (brown/blue) and they procreated quite a bit. Assuming no incest took place, these heterozygotes would mate several generations down the line and boom (brown/blue * brown/blue = 25% blue eyes assuming this gene follows mandelian inheritance).

hmm that makes a lot of sense. thanks for the insight :)