“The eyes are the window to the soul,” notes a timeless quote. And while your eyes also bring the world your way, the origins of eye color are fascinating and even mysterious. To help lay out the ...

Cat-like eyes show up in searches everywhere. If the internet is this obsessed with eye color, how rare are green eyes in humans? They’re uncommon enough that seeing them still feels like spotting a ...

Eye color genetics is complex, with multiple genes from each parent determining a person's eye color. Scientists once believed a single gene controlled eye color, but research shows that more than 50 ...

UAB optometry expert Janelle Sventek explains what determines a child’s eye color, why it can change in infancy, how genetics ...

In Mendelian inheritance patterns, you receive one version of a gene, called an allele, from each parent. These alleles can be dominant or recessive. Non-Mendelian genetics don’t completely follow ...