0_Apprentice
Did you know that I have red hair?
1_Wizard
No and you are quite lucky to have it since it occurs to only 1-2% of population
0_Apprentice
I always knew that it was pretty uncommon. I wonder where most redheads live...
1_Wizard
Mostly in Europe since thats where most red heads live
0_Apprentice
I could've guessed that. Do you think that being a redhead could be genetic? I wonder if my kids will be redheads, too.
1_Wizard
I think so since 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.
0_Apprentice
Hm, if it's recessive, that explains why red hair is so uncommon. Does that make red hair a mutation?
1_Wizard
I guess so ,it happens because of low levels dark pigment in your hair 