Episode 489
How is eye colour passed down?
If I have different colour eyes, will my children have different coloured eyes too?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
October 18, 20213m 52s
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Show Notes
Teacher Ellie was recently asked a question by her Year 9 pupil in Manchester that she couldn't answer: "I have one blue eye and one brown eye, when I have kids, will they have one blue eye and one brown eye like me?" Eva Higginbotham put the question to eye colour expert David Mackey from The University of Western Australia... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
eye colourgenetics of eye colourmelanin in irisdavid mackeyeye colour inheritance