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, ...

Redhead Day 2010

Monday, September 28th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_3" align="aligncenter" width="482" caption="Photo used from official event website: http://www.roodharigen.nl/"][/caption] It is a pity we missed this year's Redhead Day (or any of the previous celebrations!) but we couldn't wait to share this event with you---even if it is almost year away! Besides, those of us in the United States ...


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