People Whose Genetics Make Them Unique

The Sweetest Birthmark

This little girl's family was in for a pleasant surprise when their daughter came out with the exact color of hair as her mother. Now we should understand that birthmarks are such a common human occurrence and they tend to appear shortly after birth and are usually the result of an overgrowth of blood vessels, keratinocytes, and melanocytes. In her case it was the melanocytes in her hair.

Iris Growing Over A Pupil

This genetic disorder produces tissues most times a strand  of tissues that crosses the pupil. Now this becomes problematic to the fetus because it uses the pupillary membrane as a source of blood supply for the lens. Although a single strand wastes away after birth between the age of 4 to 8 weeks. Only large strands may disrupt the vision and a minimal amount of membrane tissue is considered non-harmful.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.