DNAprint Genomics (DNAG)

[frogdreaming]

You quoted from the article;


"Tony says, eye color ready for market by the end of 2003. "After that, give us a year for hair color"

Magazine comments on how the hair color is a particularly bold boast, since not much is known about hair colors markers beyond one associated with red hair."

This is a fairly disturbing and unprofessional boast, as it is very unlikely that hair color can be predicted solely based on genetic analysis. While hair color obviously has a genetic basis, there are many other factors that influence it. One only has to watch the full spectrum color hair color change in many children as they grow up to see that other factors are at work.

My daughter had sunshine blonde hair for most of her childhood turning to very dark brown in high school. My nephew had almost white hair as a child but has brown hair now. In both cases it is fair to assume that their genomic makeup did not change as they aged.:).

While DNAP may at some time be able to predict very coarse hair color possibilities, without having additional age and hormonal information they will never obtain useful results.

regards,
frog