The Chemistry of Redheads
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St. Paddy's Day is just around the corner, and so instead of celebrating with a glass of green beer, these year we decided to take a closer, chemical look into what makes redheads stand out from the crowd. It might surprise you to know that it's not just those fiery locks that make them stand out form the crowd.
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Writer/Producer: Kirk Zamieroski
Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski
Scientific consultants:
Ian J. Jackson, Ph.D.
William P. Pavan, Ph.D.
Rick A. Sturm, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Kyle Nackers
Sources:
melanin structures
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/5/746/htm
MC1R Gene Melanocytes - https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/MC1R
The Effects of Red Hair in Surgury - http://www.bmj.com/bmj/section-pdf/186171?path=/bmj/341/7786/Surgery.full.pdf
Redheads and pain - http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=1942394
Chemistry of Hair color - https://sites.duke.edu/thepepproject/module-2-drug-testing-a-hair-brained-idea/content-background-the-chemistry-of-hair-and-hair-color/
Melanin - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671032/
Types of melanin - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2071942
Pheomelanin - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2071942
MC1R Variants - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.23396/full
Skin pigmentation and evolution - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267121/
MC1R Mutations - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1180688/
Chemistry of Hair http://www.texascollaborative.org/hildasustaita/module%20files/topic3.htm
Redhead heat sensitivity - http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=1942394
MC1R and Nociception - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1692342/
Redhead project - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mace-lab/genetic-ancestry/guff_pages/guff_documents/Red-Head_Project.pdf
St. Paddy's Day is just around the corner, and so instead of celebrating with a glass of green beer, these year we decided to take a closer, chemical look into what makes redheads stand out from the crowd. It might surprise you to know that it's not just those fiery locks that make them stand out form the crowd.
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Writer/Producer: Kirk Zamieroski
Executive Producer:
Adam Dylewski
Scientific consultants:
Ian J. Jackson, Ph.D.
William P. Pavan, Ph.D.
Rick A. Sturm, Ph.D.
Darcy Gentleman, Ph.D.
Kyle Nackers
Sources:
melanin structures
http://www.mdpi.com/1422-0067/17/5/746/htm
MC1R Gene Melanocytes - https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/MC1R
The Effects of Red Hair in Surgury - http://www.bmj.com/bmj/section-pdf/186171?path=/bmj/341/7786/Surgery.full.pdf
Redheads and pain - http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=1942394
Chemistry of Hair color - https://sites.duke.edu/thepepproject/module-2-drug-testing-a-hair-brained-idea/content-background-the-chemistry-of-hair-and-hair-color/
Melanin - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2671032/
Types of melanin - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2071942
Pheomelanin - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2071942
MC1R Variants - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.23396/full
Skin pigmentation and evolution - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3267121/
MC1R Mutations - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1180688/
Chemistry of Hair http://www.texascollaborative.org/hildasustaita/module%20files/topic3.htm
Redhead heat sensitivity - http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/article.aspx?articleid=1942394
MC1R and Nociception - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1692342/
Redhead project - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mace-lab/genetic-ancestry/guff_pages/guff_documents/Red-Head_Project.pdf
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