Question

Eye color can be passed down from one generation to another. blue eyes are a type of eye color known as what?

Answer 1

Eye color depends upon the amount of melanin pigment in the eye.

Step-by-step explanation:

• Melanin is a brown pigment that is responsible of eye color in the iris.

• The genes are located next to the OCA2 gene.

• When the amount of melanin is in less amount in the iris, it causes change in eye color that may be grey, hazel or blue.

• But when the quantity of melanin is very least,it causes blue color in the iris.
• Blue color is also caused by genetic mutation in an individual.