*1% – 2% of ‘human population’*
(“increasing?” / “decreasing?” / “holding steady at?”)
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(‘northern’ / ‘western’ european) –>
(2% – 6%)
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(2 copies of ‘recessive gene’ of ‘chromosome #16’)
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(causes ‘mutation’ in ‘MC1R protein’)
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(‘red hair’ (or ginger hair) occurs naturally in one to two percent of the human population, appearing with greater frequency (two to six percent) among people of ‘northern’ (or ‘northwestern’) european ancestry and lesser frequency in other populations)
(it is most common in individuals homozygous for a ‘recessive allele’ on ‘chromosome 16’ that produces an altered version of the ‘MC1R protein’)
(‘red hair’ varies in ‘hue’ from a ‘deep burgundy’ –> ‘bright copper’ –> ‘auburn’ –> ‘burnt orange’ –> ‘red-orange’ –> ‘strawberry blond’…)
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(characterized by high levels of the reddish pigment ‘pheo-melanin’ + relatively low levels of the dark pigment ‘eu-melanin’, it is associated with…)
*fair skin color*
*lighter eye color*
*freckles*
*sensitivity to ‘ultraviolet light’*
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(cultural reactions to ‘red hair’ have varied from ridicule to admiration with many common stereotypes in existence regarding ‘redheads’…)
(the term redhead has been in use since at least ‘1510’)
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