A person’s eye color depends on how much of a pigment called melanin is stored in the front layers of the iris, the structure surrounding the pupil. Specialized cells called melanocytes produce the ...

Eye color genetics is complex, with multiple genes from each parent determining a person's eye color. Scientists once believed a single gene controlled eye color, but research shows that more than 50 ...

Researchers have identified 50 new genes for eye color in a study involving the genetic analysis of almost 195,000 people across Europe and Asia. The genetics of human eye colour is much more complex ...

"The eyes are the window to the soul," notes a timeless quote. And while your eyes also bring the world your way, the origins of eye color are fascinating and even mysterious. To help lay out the ...

Three new genetic loci have been identified with involvement in subtle and quantitative variation of human eye color. Previous studies on the genetics of human eye color used broadly-categorized trait ...

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Eyes come in many shades, ranging from dark to light brown, and from green, hazel, and gray, to blue. But despite the many variations that we perceive, there are actually only two different pigments ...

That mirror you look into every morning is revealing more about your pain tolerance than you ever imagined. The same genes that determine whether you have brown, blue, green, or hazel eyes are also ...

Stephen Tsang, MD, PhD, professor at Columbia University and attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, shared encouraging early findings on the use of optogenetic therapy for patients with ...