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In humans, eye color is a highly sexually dimorphic trait. [18] Several studies have shown that men are more likely to have blue eyes than women, while women are more likely to have darker eye colors (green and brown eyes) than men. [18] [19] Sex is therefore a major factor in the expression of eye color genotypes. [18]
Heterochromia iridum. Heterochromia is a variation in coloration most often used to describe color differences of the iris, but can also be applied to color variation of hair [1] or skin. Heterochromia is determined by the production, delivery, and concentration of melanin (a pigment). It may be inherited, or caused by genetic mosaicism ...
Waardenburg syndrome is a group of rare genetic conditions characterised by at least some degree of congenital hearing loss and pigmentation deficiencies, which can include bright blue eyes (or one blue eye and one brown eye), a white forelock or patches of light skin. These basic features constitute type 2 of the condition; in type 1, there is ...
With brown eyes taking an overwhelming lead, all of the other eye colors have lower percentages. According to WorldAtlas , 8-10 percent of the world's population have blue eyes.
The exact function of protein P is unknown, but it has been found that it is essential for the normal coloring of skin, eyes, and hair; and likely involved in melanin production. This gene seems to be the main determinant of eye color depending on the amount of melanin production in the iris stroma (large amounts giving rise to brown eyes ...
Melanin is the protein that creates skin, eye and hair color. More melanin means darker eyes, hair or skin. The color of the melanin in the eyes is determined by three other genes, EYCL1, 2 and 3 ...
Your eye color could mean way more than a simple genetic pigmentation. ... green, blue-green, blue, and grey eyes—or dark, including black, dark brown, and light brown eyes.
This could mean (for example) eye color. Each genetic locus is always represented by two letters. So in the case of eye color, say "B = Brown eyes" and "b = green eyes". In this example, both parents have the genotype Bb. For the example of eye color, this would mean they both have brown eyes.