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ogradyh14: 6 months ago

Why are green eyes rare?

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osured10: 6 months ago

eye color is directly affected by a gene. a green eyed gene is a recessive gene, meaning a dominant gene (such as blue eyes or brown eyes) overpower that gene

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Spf_0: 6 months ago

Uh...they're not? I have a pair.

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AuroraDragon93: 6 months ago

because the genes for it are not common

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123green321: 6 months ago via iPhone

They are?

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sk8rdude123: 6 months ago

i thought blue was most rare

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sunburst223: 6 months ago

Nope. Blue is more common than green.

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sunburst223: 6 months ago

Because only 2% of the world's population has them.

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devilcupcakes: 6 months ago

it's because having green eyes is really a mutation of the genes between the blue and brown eye color gene, so it actually isn't normal. kind of cool, you can walk around saying, "I'm a mutant!!"

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