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Eye colour is an interaction of several genes. Each gene has two alleles, we get one from each parent. Generally, dark pigment, melanin, is dominant over a paler pigment. Blue eyes have less melanin than darker eyes. However, it is not a simple inheritance like tongue rolling which is governed by one set of genes.

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