What colour hair have you got?

[Rou]

Brown / Blonde

[RedStratocas]

OH EXPLAIN PLZ

Melting Pot Theory is the theory that with inter-racial and inter-trait breeding of the world will eventually make everyone in the world become very similar, if not identical to eachother. Same skin color, same traits, everything

How genes work is there are recesive and dominant genes. Recesive genes can only work if they are combined with another rececive gene. Dominent genes will always produce that gene, no matter what it's combined with*. There are some specifics with this, so this isnt the whole thing. When youll study genes, youll figure it out. Just as an exampe: (Just as a note, the below examples arent always true, just most likely)

Blonde is a rececive gene while brown is dominent

A blonde man + a blonde woman = blonde kid. (makes sense)
A blonde man + brown haired woman = brown haired kid

Since brown is dominant, it wins over blonde. So with all the mix-trait breeding, eventually, there will be no blondes.

*When you get down to the specifics, the examples above arent always true. Even 2 brown haired people can make a blonde kid (even though its rare). But 2 blonde people always must make a blonde kid. Weird, I know, but I studied genes this year.:rolleyes:

[jordybumz!]

Yeah we're studying genes at the moment and it's really complicated.

[RedStratocas]

Yeah we're studying genes at the moment and it's really complicated.

I didnt get it at first, but then it clicked. Its not hard at all once you get how it works.

[jordybumz!]

I didnt get it at first, but then it clicked. Its not hard at all once you get how it works.

Yeah I do kinda get the main thing of it really. For instance Huntington's disease is a dominant gene, so if one parent has it, you will get it.

[RedStratocas]

Yeah I do kinda get the main thing of it really. For instance Huntington's disease is a dominant gene, so if one parent has it, you will get it.

Most likely. But other diseases are rececive. The thing that confused me for a while was the carrying of diseases. Like 2 parents could be carrying a disease but not actually have it themselves, and have a child who gets it. I finally got it after like 2 weeks of review.

[Sarah.]

*When you get down to the specifics, the examples above arent always true. Even 2 brown haired people can make a blonde kid (even though its rare). But 2 blonde people always must make a blonde kid. Weird, I know, but I studied genes this year.:rolleyes:

Yeah, my parents both have brown hair but i'm blonde. One of my brothers is also blonde, but the older one has brown hair.

I asked about it a while ago and they said that they heard somewhere that if two parents are born with blonde hair, theres a higher chance that their children will be blonde haired.

[FlyingJesus]

Rogue genes ftw. That's how gingers like myself are made

Also one way 2 brown-haired parents could have a blonde child is if they carry the recessive blonde gene also, and it comes through as it often can. Melting Pot theory is all very well, but I very much doubt it'll be over by the 200 year estimate, we've had much more than that of different coloured eyes and hair mixing without anything becoming extinct as yet.

[ilovejordan]

All of this talk about genes is confusing.
im gonna be an air hostess not a scientist

[RedStratocas]

Yeah, my parents both have brown hair but i'm blonde. One of my brothers is also blonde, but the older one has brown hair.

I asked about it a while ago and they said that they heard somewhere that if two parents are born with blonde hair, theres a higher chance that their children will be blonde haired.

It means that your parents both carry the blonde gene, but arent blonde themselves. There is a 1 in 4 chance that 2 blonde-trait carrying parents will make a blonde kid. So its actually against odds that only one of you got brown hair.

Rogue genes ftw. That's how gingers like myself are made

Also one way 2 brown-haired parents could have a blonde child is if they carry the recessive blonde gene also, and it comes through as it often can. Melting Pot theory is all very well, but I very much doubt it'll be over by the 200 year estimate, we've had much more than that of different coloured eyes and hair mixing without anything becoming extinct as yet.

I dont think the melting pot theory will even near done, but it might be far enough along to make blondes extinct.