history: Do you know anyone with red hair? I think it is an awesome trait to have.
knowledge: Red hair (or ginger hair) occurs naturally in 1–2% of the human population.
response: No, but red hair is really rare among human populations.
history: Do you know anyone with red hair? I think it is an awesome trait to have.
No, but red hair is really rare among human populations.
Yeah that is what makes it so desirable. Where is it most common 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: Probably in northern or western European countries.
history: Do you know anyone with red hair? I think it is an awesome trait to have.
No, but red hair is really rare among human populations.
Yeah that is what makes it so desirable. Where is it most common in the world?
Probably in northern or western European countries.
Oh that explains why I don't see it much here in the south USA. I wonder how those areas got more redheads.
knowledge: It occurs more frequently (2–6%) in people of northern or western European ancestry, and less frequently in other populations.
response: I don't really know. I just know that is more frequent there.
history: Do you know anyone with red hair? I think it is an awesome trait to have.
No, but red hair is really rare among human populations.
Yeah that is what makes it so desirable. Where is it most common in the world?
Probably in northern or western European countries.
Oh that explains why I don't see it much here in the south USA. I wonder how those areas got more redheads.
I don't really know. I just know that is more frequent there.
Perhaps a evolutionary advantage, such as scaring off the polar bears, lol.
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: Well, whatever the reason, it comes about because of two copies an allele that is recessive on chromosome 16. Did any of that make sense to you?
history: Do you know anyone with red hair? I think it is an awesome trait to have.
No, but red hair is really rare among human populations.
Yeah that is what makes it so desirable. Where is it most common in the world?
Probably in northern or western European countries.
Oh that explains why I don't see it much here in the south USA. I wonder how those areas got more redheads.
I don't really know. I just know that is more frequent there.
Perhaps a evolutionary advantage, such as scaring off the polar bears, lol.
Well, whatever the reason, it comes about because of two copies an allele that is recessive on chromosome 16. Did any of that make sense to you?
Not really. 	Well guess I will just have to stick with my boring brown hair. Thanks for the interesting facts!
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: No problem, man. One last thing, that recessive allele produces a different type of MC1R protein, and that's apparently what makes hair red.