history: I'm a redhead. I don't know a lot about what causes that. Do you know anything about red hair?
knowledge: Red hair appears most commonly in people with two copies of a recessive allele on chromosome 16 which produces an altered version of the MC1R protein.
response: I know that it's caused by a recessive allele that produces an altered form of the MC1R protein.
history: I'm a redhead. I don't know a lot about what causes that. Do you know anything about red hair?
I know that it's caused by a recessive allele that produces an altered form of the MC1R protein.
Recessive. That means you have to get it from both parents, right? So are there any myths about red heads?
knowledge: Red hair (or ginger hair) occurs naturally in 1–2% of the human population.
response: I don't know what recessive means. I also don't know any myths. I do know that around 1% to 2% of people are redheads.
history: I'm a redhead. I don't know a lot about what causes that. Do you know anything about red hair?
I know that it's caused by a recessive allele that produces an altered form of the MC1R protein.
Recessive. That means you have to get it from both parents, right? So are there any myths about red heads?
I don't know what recessive means. I also don't know any myths. I do know that around 1% to 2% of people are redheads.
Oh! I didn't know it was that rare! Where do the most red haired people live in the world?
knowledge: It occurs more frequently (2–6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations.
response: It's more frequent in people who have northern or western European ancestors. It's about 2-6% for them.
history: I'm a redhead. I don't know a lot about what causes that. Do you know anything about red hair?
I know that it's caused by a recessive allele that produces an altered form of the MC1R protein.
Recessive. That means you have to get it from both parents, right? So are there any myths about red heads?
I don't know what recessive means. I also don't know any myths. I do know that around 1% to 2% of people are redheads.
Oh! I didn't know it was that rare! Where do the most red haired people live in the world?
It's more frequent in people who have northern or western European ancestors. It's about 2-6% for them.
That makes sense. My family is from Denmark. Will my kids have red hair, do you think?
knowledge: For example, offspring produced by sexual reproduction usually look similar to each of their parents because they have inherited some of each of their parents' genes.
response: I have no idea, but I know that offspring tend to look similar to each parent, since they inherit genes from both.