• Question: why are my eyes green

    Asked by siannlouise to Jen, Jill, Mel, Phil, Stef on 15 Mar 2013.
    • Photo: Jennifer Paxton

      Jennifer Paxton answered on 15 Mar 2013:

      Your eyes are green because you have inherited the “green eye code” or gene from one or both of your parents!

    • Photo: Stefan Piatek

      Stefan Piatek answered on 16 Mar 2013:

      I’ve just used eye colour as an example of something called epigenetics, basically how our DNA (the blueprint of our cells) is controlled. This is the other reason why your eyes are green, the gene (or maybe genes) for green eye colour is turned on in your eye, but it isn’t turned on anywhere else (hence why you don’t have green skin!).

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