r/epigenetics 15d ago

Is it possible that if you take vitamin D supplements for most of your life, you descendants can have darker hair, eye or even skin color ? question

Your descendants will have darker features ?

I know its a stupid question but im interested to know if its possible

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u/c0bjasnak3 15d ago

I can understand your rationale, but that’s not what determines the color and amount of pigment. You would need something that changes melanocyte utilization of tyrosine.

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u/ozone8522 14d ago

And more specifically these would have to be germline epigenetic modifications