{"id":11578,"date":"2024-09-26T23:10:23","date_gmt":"2024-09-26T23:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=11578"},"modified":"2024-09-26T23:10:23","modified_gmt":"2024-09-26T23:10:23","slug":"the-unique-genetic-link-among-all-blue-eyed-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/?p=11578","title":{"rendered":"The Unique Genetic Link Among All Blue-Eyed People"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"entry-subtitle g1-gamma g1-gamma-3rd\">Blue-eyed people share a unique genetic mutation dating back 6,000-10,000 years. Discover its origins and traits.<\/h2>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">All blue-eyed individuals share a\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">unique trait<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0beyond their eye color. This second most common eye color originated 6,000-10,000 years ago from a genetic mutation; initially, all humans had brown eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35381\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35381\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35381 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/viralstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ion-fet-QRawWgV6gmo-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Blue-Eyed People\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/viralstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/ion-fet-QRawWgV6gmo-unsplash.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35381\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by\u00a0Ion Fet\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">People with blue eyes have less melanin, making them more light-sensitive. This condition, called\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">photophobia<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, is more common among them. Despite this, blue-eyed individuals often excel in strategic thinking, according to a study by Louisville University professor Joanna Rowe.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-15\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35382\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35382\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35382 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/viralstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/luca-iaconelli-GmoHIZ61eMo-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"424\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/viralstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/luca-iaconelli-GmoHIZ61eMo-unsplash.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35382\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by\u00a0\ud83d\udc23 Luca Iaconelli \ud83e\udd8a\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-3\"><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Notably, blue-eyed celebrities like Stephen Hawking and Marie Curie demonstrate this strategic advantage. Recently, the gene HERC2 was identified as responsible for blue eyes. This gene turns off OCA2, which typically results in brown eyes.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-17\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35383\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35383\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35383 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/viralstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/amanda-dalbjorn-UbJMy92p8wk-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"Blue-Eyed People\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/viralstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/amanda-dalbjorn-UbJMy92p8wk-unsplash.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35383\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by\u00a0Amanda Dalbj\u00f6rn\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Professor Hans Eiberg from the\u00a0<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">University of Copenhagen<\/span><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">\u00a0discovered that this mutation dates back to when humans migrated from Africa to Europe. This genetic switch, turning off brown eye production, suggests all blue-eyed people descend from a single ancestor.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35384\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35384\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35384 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/viralstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/engin-akyurt-JsZKDFhOcrM-unsplash.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/viralstrange.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/engin-akyurt-JsZKDFhOcrM-unsplash.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35384\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by\u00a0engin akyurt\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\"><\/div>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">This research highlights the natural genetic diversity and evolution within the human genome, demonstrating nature\u2019s ongoing experimentation with human traits.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-18\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\"><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Blue-eyed people share a unique genetic mutation dating back 6,000-10,000 years. Discover its origins and traits. All blue-eyed individuals share a\u00a0unique trait\u00a0beyond their eye color. This second most common eye color originated 6,000-10,000 years ago from a genetic mutation; initially, all humans had brown eyes. Photo by\u00a0Ion Fet\u00a0on\u00a0Unsplash People with blue eyes have less melanin, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11579,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/image_2024_09_21T01_13_52_284Z.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11578","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11578"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11578\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11580,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11578\/revisions\/11580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11579"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/otrxio.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}