What accounts for children born blonde and going brown in hair color?

Subject: What accounts for children born blonde and going brown in hair color?

Date: Mon Oct 23 04:26:27 2000
Posted by Karin R. Bergemann
Grade level: nonaligned School: No school entered.
City: Honolulu State/Province: HI Country: US
Area of science: Genetics
ID: 972289587.Ge

Message:


After reading your article on hair color heredity, I wonder what accounts 
for children born blonde and going darker, even dard brown in adulthood.  
Also, some children are born red haired and go brown.  Why?  Can the 
eumelanin which is non-functioning become functioning at puberty or 
something?

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