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Old 01-31-2008, 02:28 PM   #1
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...scieyes130.xml


Frank Sinatra, Stephen Hawking, Marie Curie and Stephen Fry all owe their blue eyes to a genetic mutation that likely occurred between 6,000 and 10,000 years ago, researchers say....

"They have all inherited the same switch at exactly the same spot in their DNA. From this we can conclude that all blue-eyed individuals are linked to the same ancestor,” said Prof Eiberg, who reports the work in the journal Human Genetics.


I don't really have anything to add. I just thought it was a cool story.


So, is anyone out there in CP land related to me?
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Old 01-31-2008, 02:29 PM   #2
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So it wasn't the milk-man that gave my son blue eyes?
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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.
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Old 01-31-2008, 02:31 PM   #4
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Somehow, I find that 'all blue-eyed individuals over the course of history all relate back to the same ancestor' is very, very easy thing to say.

This just sounds much easier said, than actually proven.
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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.
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Old 01-31-2008, 02:34 PM   #6
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Isn't all of evolution a result of a genetic mutation at one point or another?
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Old 01-31-2008, 02:37 PM   #7
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So... if i sleep with a girl with blue eyes..... EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
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Old 01-31-2008, 02:42 PM   #8
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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?



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So it wasn't the milk-man that gave my son blue eyes?
No it was the guy who fixed your dishwasher.....
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Somehow, I find that 'all blue-eyed individuals over the course of history all relate back to the same ancestor' is very, very easy thing to say.

This just sounds much easier said, than actually proven.
You should read "The Seven Daughters of Eve" by Bryan Sykes. Great narrative on how genetic historical trends can be measured and traced.
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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... do the old eyes, like, fall off or something when the new ones grow in underneath?

That is weird. Talk about a mutation
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Blue eyes are nice, but black eyes are more fun =)
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I knew it!! I never could figure out why I cry whenever I watch the X-Men movies.
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No it was the guy who fixed your dishwasher.....
Oh yeah. He fixed her good...
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I'm so glad my wife has green eyes.
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Oh yeah. He fixed her good...
Darn mutants.
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Crap. When do I get my invite to Professor Xavier's school for the gifted?
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Magneto: We are the future, Charles, not them. They no longer matter.
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Magneto: We are the future, Charles, not them. They no longer matter.
Our invasion is imminent. Rally the troops.
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Wow. I'm.... a MUTANT!

I wonder if anyone will notice...
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