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From: "Ken Nordtvedt" <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Brown eyes
Date: Mon, 8 May 2006 21:54:19 -0600
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I don't think deciding brown versus non-brown is a problem except for a tiny
fraction of the eyes. Why try to run before one masters walking?


----- Original Message -----
From: "Rebekah" <>
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Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: [DNA] Brown eyes


> Could part of the problem be in grouping all shades of brown together? If
> someone wanted to set up a real population study of shades of brown it
> would be interesting...
>
> Rebekah
>
> Ken Nordtvedt wrote:
>> I have been trying on this list for 1 1/2 years to flush out the numbers
>> of how frequently the "dominant brown eye gene" does not work, and all I
>> get in return is endless talk about complexity, but no numbers or
>> reference to data on "failure rate" of the rule.
>
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