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Graeae. In Greek mythology, the Graeae (/ ˈɡriːiː /; Ancient Greek: Γραῖαι Graiai, lit. 'old women', alternatively spelled Graiai), also called the Grey Sisters and the Phorcides ('daughters of Phorcys'), [1] were three sisters who had gray hair from their birth and shared one eye and one tooth among them. [2][3] They were the ...
In humans, eye color is a highly sexually dimorphic trait. [17] Several studies have shown that men are more likely to have blue eyes than women, while women are more likely to have darker eye colors (green and brown eyes) than men. [17] [18] Sex is therefore a major factor in the expression of eye color genotypes. [17]
Known for. Ticket to Heaven. They Live. The Scarlet Letter. Cagney & Lacey. Spouse. Stephen McHattie. Meg Foster (born May 10, 1948) is an American film and television actress. Some of her many roles were in the 1979 TV miniseries version of The Scarlet Letter, and the films Ticket to Heaven, The Osterman Weekend, and They Live.
Waardenburg syndrome is a group of rare genetic conditions characterised by at least some degree of congenital hearing loss and pigmentation deficiencies, which can include bright blue eyes (or one blue eye and one brown eye), a white forelock or patches of light skin. These basic features constitute type 2 of the condition; in type 1, there is ...
Tetrachromacy (from Greek tetra, meaning "four" and chroma, meaning "color") is the condition of possessing four independent channels for conveying color information, or possessing four types of cone cell in the eye. Organisms with tetrachromacy are called tetrachromats. In tetrachromatic organisms, the sensory color space is four-dimensional ...
Mary Greyeyes Reid [1] (November 14, 1920 – March 31, 2011) was a Canadian World War II servicewoman. A Cree from the Muskeg Lake Cree Nation in Saskatchewan, she was the first First Nations woman to enlist in the Canadian Armed Forces. After joining the Canadian Women's Army Corps (CWAC) in 1942, she became the subject of an internationally ...
Heterochromia iridum. Heterochromia is a variation in coloration most often used to describe color differences of the iris, but can also be applied to color variation of hair [1] or skin. Heterochromia is determined by the production, delivery, and concentration of melanin (a pigment). It may be inherited, or caused by genetic mosaicism ...
Michael Greyeyes (born June 4, 1967) is a First Nations (Muskeg Lake Cree Nation) actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator. [1] In 1996, Greyeyes portrayed Crazy Horse in the television film Crazy Horse. [2] In 2018, Greyeyes portrayed Sitting Bull in Woman Walks Ahead to critical acclaim. [3][4][5][6] He has also had TV roles on ...