In this study, we wanted to investigate whether having common genetic variants in the red hair gene (called MC1R) can influence the number of mutations found in melanoma tumours. (blogs.nature.com)
The fact that adult Europeans are twice as likely as Asians to tolerate lactose in milk (no location yet) reflects a much longer history of dairy farming in the West; the ability to dehydrogenate alcohol (chromosome 4) is more common in people with a history of drinking fermented fluids; the prevalence of the blond - hair gene in young northern Europeans (perhaps on chromosome 15?) (discovermagazine.com)
- Bearded Beaver - If all 50 of these rewards are taken, the animal species mutates a variety of 5 different facial hair genes. (kickstarter.com)