i keep reading everywhere that brown eyes are the most common... is it true?

[waffleironhead]

you are so full of shit your eyes are brown....

luckily I'm blue eyed so that does not work on me

 

[GlacierFreeze]

Originally posted by: crownjules
Brown eyes are the dominant trait and blue are recessive. Same with hair color - darker hair colors are the dominant trait over light. If you want to look at it like a biologist:

B = brown eyed trait, dominant
b = blue eyed trait, recessive

If you have BB, Bb, or bB then you get brown eyes. You only get blue with bb. That's why brown is more common and in fact the reason why blue eyes are being bred out of existance.

I don't agree that it's being bred out of existence, at least as quick as you try to make it sound. As long as the 'b' allele is getting passed on, it's not being bred out of existence, just not shown as much. There's a difference.

 

[zanejohnson]

Originally posted by: waffleironhead
you are so full of shit your eyes are brown....

luckily I'm blue eyed so that does not work on me

are you colorblind? this is brown:

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[Crono]

nvm

 

[gar3555]

everyone has at least 1 brown eye...duh of course it is the most common.

can't believe no one said it yet.

 

[RapidSnail]

The entire population has a brown eye. Most have three.

 

[Nik]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: zanejohnson
personally i see more blue eyes than anything.. for some reason i notice these types of things right off the bat when i talk to someone... i rarely see true brown eyes anymore..

here's a pic of my eyes for reference, they are green/hazel i guess....

Text

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your eyes don't look green.


green eyes are very rare, and actually a result of a mutation of the recessive "blue eye" gene.

this is green: Text

redheads w/ green eyes :heart:

 

[Crono]

Originally posted by: Nik

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: zanejohnson
personally i see more blue eyes than anything.. for some reason i notice these types of things right off the bat when i talk to someone... i rarely see true brown eyes anymore..

here's a pic of my eyes for reference, they are green/hazel i guess....

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Text

your eyes don't look green.


green eyes are very rare, and actually a result of a mutation of the recessive "blue eye" gene.

this is green: Text

redheads w/ green eyes :heart:

Whoa, buddy, I don't swing that way

 

[FFactory0x]

Originally posted by: gar3555
everyone has at least 1 brown eye...duh of course it is the most common.

can't believe no one said it yet.

HAHAAH. Beat me too it

 

[crownjules]

Originally posted by: GlacierFreeze

Originally posted by: crownjules
Brown eyes are the dominant trait and blue are recessive. Same with hair color - darker hair colors are the dominant trait over light. If you want to look at it like a biologist:

B = brown eyed trait, dominant
b = blue eyed trait, recessive

If you have BB, Bb, or bB then you get brown eyes. You only get blue with bb. That's why brown is more common and in fact the reason why blue eyes are being bred out of existance.

I don't agree that it's being bred out of existence, at least as quick as you try to make it sound. As long as the 'b' allele is getting passed on, it's not being bred out of existence, just not shown as much. There's a difference.

Maybe I am wrong in my assumption, but I thought the dominant allele had a higher chance of being passed on as well. I'm by no means an expert but I've heard quite a few times in different places that the blue eyed and blond haired traits are slowly breeding out of the human genetic code. Not that it'll happen in even the next few centuries. We're talking probably over tens of thousands of years.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

My eyes are blue, as are those of everyone in my immediate family (5 of us). I'm also really attracted to blue, and especially green-eyed girls.

 

[BW86]

green

 

[swbsam]

OP, are you retarded? No offense, just curious.. Your posts make you seem retarded, so I'm wondering if you are in fact retarded, or just seem retarded.

 

[Chaotic42]

Mine are blue/grey

 

[Praxis1452]

Originally posted by: crownjules

Originally posted by: GlacierFreeze

Originally posted by: crownjules
Brown eyes are the dominant trait and blue are recessive. Same with hair color - darker hair colors are the dominant trait over light. If you want to look at it like a biologist:

B = brown eyed trait, dominant
b = blue eyed trait, recessive

If you have BB, Bb, or bB then you get brown eyes. You only get blue with bb. That's why brown is more common and in fact the reason why blue eyes are being bred out of existance.

I don't agree that it's being bred out of existence, at least as quick as you try to make it sound. As long as the 'b' allele is getting passed on, it's not being bred out of existence, just not shown as much. There's a difference.

Maybe I am wrong in my assumption, but I thought the dominant allele had a higher chance of being passed on as well. I'm by no means an expert but I've heard quite a few times in different places that the blue eyed and blond haired traits are slowly breeding out of the human genetic code. Not that it'll happen in even the next few centuries. We're talking probably over tens of thousands of years.

If you've taken a college bio course, you might recall some luasdfniowe theorem where the allele ratios stay the same if the conditions stay the same. You can somewhat apply it in this manner. You can also just do probability tests to understand when an allele will dissapear, it will under certain circumstances, but won't under others. I forget this exactly as I couldn't be bothered to pay too much attention to bio.

Also: the blue eyed trait appeared some while ago, and has been spreading at a great rate ever since even though it is a recessive trait. In fact it's population proportion has been growing if I remember the article right.

 

[Barfo]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
My eyes are some muddy mix between blue and green and grey. But yeah most people I know have brown eyes. I'm a fan of blue and green eyed ladies.

im super picky about the females and features... they have to be green eyed, the girl has to be super thin but still curvy, and dark haired... very very rare exceptions can be made... but it's almost always a deal breaker for me if they dont fit my qualifications...

maybe im shallow..

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[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: GlacierFreeze

Originally posted by: rivan
Blue. Both parents have brown.

Me too. Means they both had the Brown allele and Blue allele. We got lucky and got a Blue allele from each.

Me three

 

[GuitarDaddy]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: rivan
Blue. Both parents have brown.

mailman? :Q

I heard this my whole life

 

[GlacierFreeze]

Originally posted by: crownjules

Originally posted by: GlacierFreeze

Originally posted by: crownjules
Brown eyes are the dominant trait and blue are recessive. Same with hair color - darker hair colors are the dominant trait over light. If you want to look at it like a biologist:

B = brown eyed trait, dominant
b = blue eyed trait, recessive

If you have BB, Bb, or bB then you get brown eyes. You only get blue with bb. That's why brown is more common and in fact the reason why blue eyes are being bred out of existance.

I don't agree that it's being bred out of existence, at least as quick as you try to make it sound. As long as the 'b' allele is getting passed on, it's not being bred out of existence, just not shown as much. There's a difference.

Maybe I am wrong in my assumption, but I thought the dominant allele had a higher chance of being passed on as well. I'm by no means an expert but I've heard quite a few times in different places that the blue eyed and blond haired traits are slowly breeding out of the human genetic code. Not that it'll happen in even the next few centuries. We're talking probably over tens of thousands of years.

You could be right, but I think each allele has a 50% chance of being passed on. Dominant usually only refers to what shows (Brown-blue shows as brown eyes). It doesn't really have much to do with how often it is passed, should be 50/50.

And to touch on what Praxis said about increasing blue eyes in population. I can certainly see that happening, because it can have something to do with sexual attractiveness. They get passed on more because they are more attractive to mates. The more kids by carriers of blue alleles (even 1 in the pair of alleles), the increase in carriers of that allele and increase in chance of b + b combination (blue eyes).

 

[zinfamous]

you can't hide behind the snail avatar, zane. we know it's you.

 

[zinfamous]

btw, I have green eyes. My brother's are more bluish, but with green tint. both parents have blue eyes.

and yes, brown is extremely common.

 

[Bibble]

Originally posted by: Kadarin
My eyes are a grayish blue, with a ring of light brown around the pupils.

Same

 

[zanejohnson]

Originally posted by: zinfamous
you can't hide behind the snail avatar, zane. we know it's you.

thought it was time for a change

 

[Acanthus]

Originally posted by: caspur
I like my girls with blonde hair, blue eyes and big asses. Its the holy trinity.

Really?

Im long brown hair, green eyes, and petite as can be.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: zanejohnson

Originally posted by: GodlessAstronomer
My eyes are some muddy mix between blue and green and grey. But yeah most people I know have brown eyes. I'm a fan of blue and green eyed ladies.

im super picky about the females and features... they have to be green eyed, the girl has to be super thin but still curvy, and dark haired... very very rare exceptions can be made... but it's almost always a deal breaker for me if they dont fit my qualifications...

maybe im shallow..

David Lo Pan: A Chinese girl with Green Eyes?