Blue eyes result of ancient genetic mutation

[foofighter15]

Originally Posted by Hesla

So... if i sleep with a girl with blue eyes..... EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

Dang beat me to it.

Oh well, lets hope no one said this yet

I for one welcome our new Blue Eye'd Overlords!

BLUE EYES FOR LIFE!

[Kev]

Originally Posted by Iowa_Flames_Fan

Wow. I'm.... a MUTANT!

I wonder if anyone will notice...

Just keep your pants on and you'll be fine.

[IgnitedSoul]

Originally Posted by OILFAN #81

I am. My eyes change depending on the season though. They will be blue for a few months in the fall, then orange in the winter, then green in the spring, then brown and yellow in the summer. People always ask me about them.

So then.... what goes on your drivers license??

[Azure]

Originally Posted by flylock shox

So... do the old eyes, like, fall off or something when the new ones grow in underneath?

That is weird. Talk about a mutation

Oiler fans tend to swing that way....

[Thor]

Originally Posted by Tron_fdc

So who's the ancestor? Thor? That would be super cool. Swingin a hammer around to get to work n stuff.

I just finished reading "Next" by Michael Crichton that carries a theme similar to this (genetic alterations and mutations). Pretty cool read if anyone is into that kind of thing.

Hi.

[StoneCole]

Originally Posted by Claeren

I see where they are coming from, but wouldn't you have to test each family line to establish that they follow the same route to blue eyes and that no one in their own family tree just had that same (yet unique) blue eye mutation?

And wouldn't it take a bunch of people having a 'half mutation' that eventually manifested itself in a single person when two half mutation joined to make a whole mutation?

That could mean that over future generations, each person would trace half of their mutation to one person, but that the other half could come from another genetic line that had their own half-mutation?



Claeren.

exactly

[photon]

Originally Posted by Muta

This just sounds much easier said, than actually proven.

This is actually addressed here:

Originally Posted by Claeren

I see where they are coming from, but wouldn't you have to test each family line to establish that they follow the same route to blue eyes and that no one in their own family tree just had that same (yet unique) blue eye mutation?

The way I understand it is the chances of the same mutation occurring in the same place twice in two different populations is so very remote that the assumption is that it didn't and that they're related. So in theory yes it could be the same mutation occurring in different populations at the same time, but I think they have ways of determining if that was the case.

No expert in genetics though by any stretch.

[icarus]

You guys are all related to my cat.

[Got Miikka?]

Sweet, I'm a mutant.

[Bob]

Mutation? Naw, it's caused by exposure to Melange.

[Vulcan]

Originally Posted by IgnitedSoul

So then.... what goes on your drivers license??

My eyes change also. I don't pay attention to when or what causes it but on my license I put hazel.

In Wikipedia it says "In North America, "hazel" is often used to describe eyes that appear to change colour, ranging from light brown to green and even gray, depending on the current lighting in the environment."

[kermitology]

Originally Posted by icarus

You guys are all related to my cat.

Damn freaks..

You evolved from this..

[McG]

how does this explain when blue eyes don't follow to the next generation? or the generation after that?

just asking a genetic question here...but does that mean that this "mutation" can be eliminated from genetic codes if the blue eyes disappear from the next generation?

[peter12]

Originally Posted by McG

how does this explain when blue eyes don't follow to the next generation? or the generation after that?

just asking a genetic question here...but does that mean that this "mutation" can be eliminated from genetic codes if the blue eyes disappear from the next generation?

Blue eyes is a recessive gene. It needs someone with the same recessive gene in order to have offspring that also have blue eyes. Mendel and all that shebang.

[Thunderball]

Originally Posted by peter12

Blue eyes is a recessive gene. It needs someone with the same recessive gene in order to have offspring that also have blue eyes. Mendel and all that shebang.

If I remember my biology.. you can get blue eyes in a child even if only one parent has them... so long as the other one has it in their genes (ie: one of their parents has them).

Something like: rr + Dr can equal rr or Dr

(dominant recessive = brown, double recessive = blue)

[Reggie Dunlop]

I'm related to Frank Sinatra!

I can croon too!

Where's the hookers and blow?

[peter12]

Originally Posted by Thunderball

If I remember my biology.. you can get blue eyes in a child even if only one parent has them... so long as the other one has it in their genes (ie: one of their parents has them).

Something like: rr + Dr can equal rr or Dr

(dominant recessive = brown, double recessive = blue)

Haha, yeah, that's the one!

Apparently, blue eyes are on their way to being evolved out.

[Nuje]

You could get blue eyes if both your parents don't, as long as they both have the recessive blue eye gene, and those are dealt to you (25% chance theoretically). However, if both your parents have blue eyes, and yours are brown.....call Maury immediately.

[iggypop]

Originally Posted by troutman

So it wasn't the milk-man that gave my son blue eyes?

"I'm here to fix you're pool."

"But I don't have a pool"...

Bow chicha woow woo.....

[RT14]

Ok, so neither of my parents have blue eyes but I do. Now my Chinese wife and I are having a baby, so from what I understand there is no chance our baby will inherit my blue eyes or blond hair but instead, because black is a dominant gene, the baby will take her black hair and black eyes, or very dark brown eyes, correct?