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Small Genetic Change Responsible For Blond Hair
sciencehabit (1205606) writes "For all those brunettes wishing they were naturally blond, a small genetic change could have made all the difference. Scientists have found that replacing one of DNA's four letters at a key spot in the genome shifts a particular gene's activity and leads to fairer hair. Not only does the work provide a molecular basis for flaxen locks, but it also demonstrates how changes in segments of DNA that control genes, not just changes in genes themselves, are important to what an organism looks like."
So, is this blond hair gene linked to intelligence? I wouldn't be surprised,. . .
Although their powers are not very impressive.
Using Perl instead of PHP changed the way a website performed.
Wait, that is a terrible analogy. Screw it.
I assumed this was already known.
That is quite sad. (the letter part, not gene encoding)
Now I can see why we struggle in such research. Seems far more complex than we realize.
This has seemingly opened up a whole new ball-game. Oh god, a huge one at that. This increases DNA complexity through the roof and then some.
This is like the step between a dictionary defining words to a dictionary being defined by ATOMS.
Scientists have found that replacing one of DNA's four letters
DNA is only three letters.
"A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky dangerous animals and you know it." - K
So, is this blond hair gene linked to intelligence? I wouldn't be surprised,. . .
From what i understand this gene is not directly linked to intelligence but only indirectly (as other genes directly linked to appearance) - on average, white people are much more intelligent than black people (citation: "The Bell Curve"), but... i don't expect "blondes" to understand that!
Next they need to work out the sequence for Ginger (Red for you Americans) Hair!
Originally, "gene" meant "heritable element". Outside of molecular biology, it still does. That DNA can encode the construction of protein was the first connection molecular biologists discovered from genotype to phenotype. This caused them to mistakenly redefine "gene", because they supposed it was the only connection. Since they have now found other kinds of heritable elements in DNA, it is time for them to revert to the older definition, and come up with some other term for the subset of genes that encode protein.
It has nothing to do with genetics. Rather, it's head trauma with peroxide.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
A blonde woman was speeding down the road in her little red sports car and was pulled over by a woman police officer who was also a blonde.
The blonde cop asked to see the blondes' driver's license. She dug through her purse and was getting progressively more agitated.
"What does it look like?" she finally asked.
The policewoman replied, "It's square and it has your picture on it."
The driver finally found a square mirror in her purse, looked at it and handed it to the policewoman. "Here it is," she said.
The blonde officer looked at the mirror, then handed it back saying, "OK, you can go. I didn't realize you were a cop."
Since I read it in my _paper_ a couple of days ago.
Yes, color changes are extremely commonly simple changes. The protein can change by 1 atom and it's a different color. This is basic genetic.
They failed to mention the much more interesting and strange genetic feature. Every human being on the planet is more attracted to light colored hair than dark because, evolution-wise, it indicates being younger and thus more likely to have a healthy baby in theory. So it's a shame that ugly, dominant traits are taking over every gene pool in the world. They better get on genetic engineering in a hurry because it'd suck if everyone got a little bit uglier.
Oh btw that's not racist, because first of all every race in existence has black haired members in it and secondly, the attraction gene is proven scientific fact but that won't stop the shitstorm anyway from overly-sensitive racist morons, I'm sure.
And did they figure out which gene makes Blondes so incredibly stupid?
Queue Julie Brown Song:
I took an IQ test and I failed it of course;
I can't spell VW but I drive a Porsche!
'Cause I'm a blonde, B-L-A-N-D,
'Cause I'm a blonde, don't you wish you were me!
If telephones are outlawed, then only outlaws will have telephones.
"People with Blonde hair closer to horses than humans study says"
Now, where the heck do the blonde jokes come from? I've never seen any association between stupidity or airheadedness with blonde people.
I swear to God...I swear to God! That is NOT how you treat your human!
Rs12821256, genotype (C;C) has "2x higher likelihood of blond hair" according to SNPedia (based on earlier work), but this new article claims the G allele is associated with blonde hair. Not sure what that means...
Where Blue eyes and Blond hair originated.
The subject itself is a troll gimme, as is the best answer in the link https://answers.yahoo.com/ques...
Having Blond hair and Blue eyes I traced their evolution long ago, Scandinavia was the origin; for a fast post the link was the first hit.
This story is a bit too much inside-ball to be interesting, but still, I'm surprised they didn't say anything about the link between blonde and red hair... Though not exclusive, it seems rare to find someone with blonde hair, without a red-haired ancestor. Even as much of a recessive trait as blonde hair may be, red hair is even more extreme, and the two seem very closely linked.
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Anyone who watches movies knows about the blond bad-guy and the blonde goddess. This blond gene apparently has pleiotropic effects that make men disgusting scum-of-the-earth and women the object of every man's desire.
Strange how that works.
Seastead this.
Actually math , geometry and arithmetic was "discovered" multiple time , not only in Africa but also in India, China, Greek etc... The reason some African country never get credited is simple : the one which get the credits are the one which spread the discovery. That does not belittle their achievment. It is only that it was a dead end.
Now, where the heck do the blonde jokes come from?
Probably from the genetic metabolic disorder Phenylketonuria (PKU). This enzyme failure, if untreated by a phenylaline-restricted diet, leads to a constelation of symptoms that include mental deficiency, blonde or light hair, and blue eyes.
Interestingly, one of Hitler's pre-war programs was an attempt to breed more blonde-haired, blue-eyed, Germans. The main result was a drastic increase in the prevalence of PKU in the German population.
On the other hand, very pretty women tend to experience a social environment where they are rewarded for interacting with others, regardless of how they are behaving otherwise. If consistently rewarded for any statement, whether right or wrong, they have no incentison learn to use and demonstrate intelligence.
Bantam Dominique roosters crow a four-note song. Once you've heard it as "Happy BIRTHday" you can't NOT hear it that way
Uh... epigenetics, tertiary and quaternary structure... scientists have known for a looooong time that changes in sequence outside of protein coding regions can have a significant impact on the gene's activity and prodcut.
No, that's for all those dumb blondes who think that they're somehow, magically, better and have more fun than any other hair color, as if that made a difference. Wonder what hair color the OP has....
mark "bloind jokes: revenge for 1000 years of 'blondes has more fun'"
Get a clue folks, around 17000 years ago all our ancestors were black! This knowledge will, I'm sure, enrage all those good ol' boys in the red southern states of the U.S. Of course, we won't mention that all their genes are recessive!!!!
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