Blond hair is controlled by an allele recessive to most alleles responsible for darker hair,[1] but it is not a disappearing gene
The disappearing blonde gene was a hoax claiming a scientific study had estimated that natural blonds would become extinct, repeated as fact in reputable media such as the BBC and The Sunday Times between 2002 and 2006. The hoax claimed that, because the allele for the genes for hair colour is recessive, blond hair would become less common as people with dominant non-blond hair alleles had offspring with people with the recessive alleles, even though such a pairing would retain one copy of the blond allele in the genome of the offspring. Claims that blond hair would disappear have been made since 1865.[2]
Several reports erroneously claimed that the World Health Organization (WHO) had published a report claiming that people with blond hair "will become extinct by 2202". Neither the WHO nor any reputable expert had issued such a report, and the WHO asked those commenting on the alleged report to retract.[3]
^Rees, Jonathan L. (2003-06-17). "Genetics of Hair and Skin Color". Annual Review of Genetics. 37 (1): 67–90. doi:10.1146/annurev.genet.37.110801.143233. ISSN 0066-4197. PMID 14616056.
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"Urban Legends Reference Pages: Blond Extinction". 8 March 2006. Retrieved 2008-01-24. Cites Chamber's journal of popular literature, science and arts By William Chambers, Robert Chambers, 1865 (p. 408), as well as newspaper mentions from 1890, 1906, and 1961. 1906 reference relates to a newspaper report on a lecture by Major C. E. Woodruff called The Disappearance of Blond Types from the American Population, mentioned in MacCurdy GG, Anthropology At The New York Meeting, Science, 26 April 1907: 653–665
^A corrected version of "Cavegirls were first blondes to have fun" by Sunday Times, February 26, 2006
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