A 2007 レポート in The Courier-Mail, which cited the National Geographic magazine and unnamed "geneticists", 発言しました that red hair is likely to die out in the near future.[33] Other blogs and news sources ran similar stories that attributed the research to the magazine または the "Oxford Hair Foundation". However, a HowStuffWorks 記事 says that the foundation was funded によって hair-dye maker Procter & Gamble, and that other experts had dismissed the research as either lacking in evidence または simply bogus. The National Geographic 記事 in fact states "while redheads may decline, the potential for red isn't going away".[34]
Red hair is caused によって a relatively rare recessive gene, the expression of which can skip generations. It is not likely to disappear at any time in the foreseeable future.[34]
Red hair is caused によって a relatively rare recessive gene, the expression of which can skip generations. It is not likely to disappear at any time in the foreseeable future.[34]