Blue eyes mean less blood!, No, just kidding. :) Options

[LoveToMySilas]

While I was checking my MSN mail, I came across one of the most recent health news (which is why I didn't know where to put this...health...news...health...news...) Anyway, it was about what makes our brown eyes blue. I found it to be quite interesting. Suppoisvely, we all had brown eyes about (insert 5678768 years here). Its a maternal gene.

More info: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22934464/wid/11915773?GT1=10815

Will edit momentarily.

[karmakiller]

Dang, that's odd. I remember Biology class and talking about our eye colors... but I don't really remember any of the information, lol.

[Laughsalot]

yeah i remember someone sayng that people with really light colored eyes. eg blue, green have very sensitive eyes cuz they don't have enough pigment or somethiing. and their risk for get like cancer or whatever in their is higher than the people with dark eyes. i don't kow if that's true

[datass]

^its true

darker skinned people don't get as much skin cancer too, i think.

[austinoutloud]

Our teacher talked about this in biology today. Apparently this study was published really recently. HAHA PEOPLE WITH BLUE EYES ARE FREAKS.

[Cataclysm]

HAHA PEOPLE WITH BLUE EYES ARE FREAKS.

i have blue eyes

[lkajsfklajskds]

thats cool !

[LoveToMySilas]

HAHA PEOPLE WITH BLUE EYES ARE FREAKS.

And yet, what I'd do for those big blues.

[Smarmosaur]

what if we have have eyes that change colors?!
should we go get an at-home pregnancy test just to make sure we won't die?

[iDecay]

Haha, we're actually on genotypes and phenotypes and punnet squared and mutations and all that cool stuff in Biology right now. That's interesting, I guess.

[*yrrnotelekktric*]

i want green eyes.

[tokyo-rose]

Haha, wow. It would be interesting if everyone walking around today were albino.

[Just_Dream]

darker skinned people don't get as much skin cancer too, i think.

Actually, no. People believe that darker skin protects them from skin cancer, but that's not necessarily true. It's just that on lighter skin, sun-burns, rashes, etc. are much more apparent. It's recommended that everyone wear some sort of sunscreen to protect against the sun's (UVA & UVB) rays.

This does not include those who are sensitive to the sun or albinos, since that would include a skin condition, in which case effects are much more server.

[lkajsfklajskds]

i was just about to reply saying
"hey! i've read this article before!"
till i realized it was on this thread that i found it XD

[Becks539]

Wow so every blue eyed person is somehow related by one person that lived 6,000-10,000 years ago? That's so cool.

[tailoredtrouble]

"This gene does something good for people. It makes them have more kids."

uhm.. okay.

[Laughsalot]

Actually, no. People believe that darker skin protects them from skin cancer, but that's not necessarily true. It's just that on lighter skin, sun-burns, rashes, etc. are much more apparent. It's recommended that everyone wear some sort of sunscreen to protect against the sun's (UVA & UVB) rays.

This does not include those who are sensitive to the sun or albinos, since that would include a skin condition, in which case effects are much more server.

people with darker skin have more pigments. and pigments protect the uva/uvb rays from getting to the cells underneath. white people have less pigments thus causging the rays to get to the cells when exposed and potentially turning the good cell into a bad cell and leading to skin cancer.

[achimongus]

Does anyone know if it's true that lighter eyes (blue, green) are less light sensitive? I have blue eyes, and my boyfriend has darkkkkkk brown eyes, and when walking in the park one night he looked at a streetlamp and said "*($(*&$" o.O I stared directly at it and proceeded to make fun of him.

Is it because my eyes can receive more light...or are we just weird?

[illriginal]

While I was checking my MSN mail, I came across one of the most recent health news (which is why I didn't know where to put this...health...news...health...news...) Anyway, it was about what makes our brown eyes blue. I found it to be quite interesting. Suppoisvely, we all had brown eyes about (insert 5678768 years here). Its a maternal gene.

More info: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22934464/wid/11915773?GT1=10815

Will edit momentarily.

Uh no... seems like you have it backwards. We're originally formed with blue eyes. I was born with blue eyes, then they went gray, then finally brown. I even have pictures of it, thanks to my mommy.

Then again we were taught that everyone was formed with blue eyes, in biology class.

Does anyone know if it's true that lighter eyes (blue, green) are less light sensitive? I have blue eyes, and my boyfriend has darkkkkkk brown eyes, and when walking in the park one night he looked at a streetlamp and said "*($(*&$" o.O I stared directly at it and proceeded to make fun of him.

Is it because my eyes can receive more light...or are we just weird?

Test it with the sun. When the sun starts to rise or set (normally the sun would be huge in the sky and really orange) gaze at the sun together... then see who's more sensitive. But I honestly don't think eye color makes a difference in light sensitivity.

people with darker skin have more pigments. and pigments protect the uva/uvb rays from getting to the cells underneath. white people have less pigments thus causging the rays to get to the cells when exposed and potentially turning the good cell into a bad cell and leading to skin cancer.

Hmmm... I thought it was melatonin, not pigment o.O

From my understanding, a pale skin human being cannot stay out in the sun all day because the lack of melatonin. But a person who's pale could build melatonin by spending 30 minutes to 1 hour in the sun everyday, thus given them a tan instead of a red burn (sun burn).