This week Reactions is exploring the science behind redheads. That's right--there's a lot of science that goes on with our ginger friend's locks.

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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/1422-0067/17/5/74...

MC1R Gene Melanocytes - https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/gene/MC1R

The Effects of Red Hair in Surgury - http://www.bmj.com/bmj/section-pdf/18...

Redheads and pain - http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/...

Chemistry of Hair color - https://sites.duke.edu/thepepproject/...

Melanin - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Types of melanin - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...

Pheomelanin - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2...

MC1R Variants - http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10...

Skin pigmentation and evolution - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

MC1R Mutations - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Chemistry of Hair http://www.texascollaborative.org/hil...

Redhead heat sensitivity - http://anesthesiology.pubs.asahq.org/...

MC1R and Nociception - https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...

Redhead project - https://www.ucl.ac.uk/mace-lab/geneti...

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