Blue-eyed humans have a single, common ancestor

[groovychk]

New research shows that people with blue eyes have a single, common ancestor. A team at the University of Copenhagen have tracked down a genetic mutation which took place 6-10,000 years ago and is the cause of the eye colour of all blue-eyed humans alive on the planet today.

http://www.ku.dk/english/news/?content=http://www.ku.dk/english/news/blue-eyes.htm

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Very interesting - should help geneological research a bit.

Comments

[kyrie1618.livejournal.com]

Paleogenetics-fossilgenomics rocks!

That said, I know we have a most recent common patrilinear ancestor "y-adam", and a most recent common matrilinear ancestor "mt-eve", so I wonder if maybe every trait we've got can be tracked down in a similar way.

Like, for example, our susceptibility to cancer. Yeah, I'm dreaming, but I'm not the only one.

Heard anything about the attempt to breed-back Aurochs out of extinction by using the genetic code of its modern relatives?

I should have been a geneticist.

[wolfmusic218.livejournal.com]

So basically every time we're screwing around, it's sort of incest?? *L*

God, it's early....

[kyrie1618.livejournal.com]

Something like our cousin 15 times removed... nothing to worry about!