A delightful case of pheomelanism

Wednesday, September 30th, 2009

A delightful case of pheomelanism Originally uploaded by e³°°° Redhead Day 2009, Breda (the Netherlands) see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redheadday & www.roodharigen.nl The pigment pheomelanin gives red hair its distinctive colour. Red hair has far more pheomelanin than other hair colours, but far less of the dark pigment eumelanin. The genetics of red hair, discovered in 1997, ...

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Does the DNA match the drapes?

Monday, September 28th, 2009

According to National Geographic, which is of course the go-to source of information for all things exotic, approximately only 1 to 2% of the human population has red hair. With the help of Clairol and Henna hair dyes we've seen this number artificially boosted. So, is your hot tempered new ...

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