[EggsAckley]

Hmmm.....so now I can blame my Mom who blamed her Mom who blamed her Mom who blamed her Mom who............................................*yawn*


LOL! They got the color of MY hair right: rodent brown!

[bondserv]

Remember the mice fur discussion we had regarding coat coloring. It seems that these two stories may have some correlation.

Gene expression would be considered within the blueprint as originally created.

[Tijeras_Slim]

I didn't have a problem with my hair until my late-30's. Now I realize Mom must have been on a diet.

[austingirl]

So, the agouti gene gives us fat blondes? LOL.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Writing in Friday's issue of the journal Molecular and Cellular Biology, the scientists at Duke University Medical Centre said they changed the colour of baby mouse fur by feeding pregnant mice four supplements - vitamin B12, folic acid, choline and betaine. Mice given the four supplements gave birth to babies predominantly with brown coats. Pregnant mice not fed the supplements gave birth mostly to babies with yellow coats.

So a mother who eats a healthy diet gives birth to brunettes and a mother who doesn't give birth to blondes.

Interesting!

[PoisedWoman]

The secret of curly hair is barbecued pork! I can attest to this scientific fact personally. The only person in our family for generations to have curly hair is my son...and whilst preggers with him I craved nothing but spare ribs, grilled over charcoal. Yum! By the time my daughter came along, we'd moved up north and never grilled or barbecued anything. Poor little girl, her hair is straight as an arrow.

Isn't science fun?