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What protein does the eye color gene encode?
The eye color gene encodes for a protein called OCA2 (P gene), which helps determine the amount of melanin produced in the iris. Melanin is responsible for the color of the eyes, with more melanin resulting in darker eye color.
Can a white mother and a mixed father have a white baby?
Yes it is possible. The caucasian mother will have two genes that restrict melanin production in the skin and the mixed father will have one gene that restricts melanin production. Since the baby will get one copy of the gene from each parent, the mother will obviously pass on the gene that restricts melanin production. The father will either pass on the restricting gene or the non-restricting gene. If the father also passes on a copy of the restricting gene then the baby will be caucasian. If the father does not pass on the restricting gene, the baby will have a darker skin color.
If you have blue eyes can you still carry the gene that codes for green?
Yes. Blue eyes and green eyes are caused by the same gene. The amount of melanin in the eye determines the eyes color.
How do you get green eyes if both your parents have a grayish blue color?
Green eyes and blue eyes are caused by the same gene. The amount of melanin in the eye determines the eyes color.
How does a child get green eyes?
Green eyes are a result of a combination of genetic factors. This eye color is rare and typically requires both parents to carry the gene for green eyes in order for a child to inherit them. The expression of eye color is a complex trait that is influenced by multiple genes.
Is green eyes a brown eyed gene?
Green eyes are not determined by a specific gene, but rather by a combination of genes that affect the amount of melanin in the iris. This can include genes that influence the production of the pigment eumelanin (brown) and pheomelanin (red/yellow). So, it is more accurate to say that green eyes are influenced by a combination of genes involved in eye color determination.
Your mom and dad both have blue eyes but you have green why?
Green and blue eyes are caused by the same gene. The amount of melanin in the eye determines the eyes color.
Genetically speaking blue eyes are?
determined by a variation in the OCA2 gene that affects the production of melanin in the iris. This mutation results in less melanin being produced, leading to the characteristic blue color of the eyes. An individual must inherit two copies of this gene variant to have blue eyes.
If a father has blue eyes and a mother has green eye what color will the child's eyes be?
Either. Blue eyes and green eyes are caused by the same gene. The amount of melanin in the eye determines the eyes color.
What is dominate blue green eyes or blue?
Neither. Blue green and blue eyes are caused by the same gene. The amount of melanin in the eye determines eye color.
Are baby eyes blue as a baby if the fathers eyes are green?
Green eyes and blue eyes are caused by the same gene. The amount of melanin in the eye determines the eyes color.
How are people albino due to a lack of enzymes?
Without the proper enzymes, melanin, the pigment responsible for skin color, cannot be produce. Normally, enzymes are made by cells using a gene or genes from the DNA. However, if a person has a mutation so that either they do not produce enough melanin or they cannot properly make melanin, or they cannot manufacture melanin period, or another such problem, the person will be an albino- they will lack pigmentation.
