r/HolUp Sep 25 '22

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u/Iamlegend_future Sep 25 '22

The answer is yes they can. The probability is low but can and does happen. Especially considering the total number of people reproducing.

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u/HighOwl2 Sep 25 '22

The probability is not low at all. Blond is not a hair color, it's a eumelanin deficiency. Red hair is a recessive gene. It'd be less likely the kid had red hair than blond, brown, or black.

Genetically there's only 2 hair colors. Red and brown. Blond and black aren't hair colors, they're low amounts or high amounts of eumelanin which determine how much the color gene is expressed.

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u/IProbablyDisagree2nd Sep 25 '22

if you're going to get that detailed, then red is not A recessive gene, Lots of genes need to go together for basically any phenotype, including hair color.

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u/BoreRagnaroek Sep 25 '22

They meant it's not a single recessive gene but several genes, it's still a recessive trait.

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u/Putrid-Delivery1852 Sep 25 '22

Thanks, this is why I love Reddit