Disappearing blonde gene

Nevertheless, the hoax was repeated as fact by some mainstream Western media outlets, such as ABC News, the BBC, CNN, and The Sunday Times, between 2002 and 2006.

[3] In response, the WHO released an official statement telling all those who had commented on the non-existent report to retract their remarks.

According to these German experts, the recessive blond allele is rare in nations of mixed heritage, such as the United States, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, New Zealand, and Australia.

In the BBC article, Professor Jonathan Rees of the University of Edinburgh casts doubt on the story—he was quoted as saying: "The frequency of blondes may drop, but they won't disappear.

[5] In large populations, even extremely rare genes will persist at stable levels over long periods of time.

a woman with blond hair
Blond hair is controlled by an allele that is recessive to most alleles responsible for darker hair , [ 1 ] but it is not a disappearing gene .