I.

INTRODUCTION

1.1 Rationale

The study of eye color has gained more and more traction in recent years. About

two-thirds of the population has brown eyes, which are the most prevalent color. Blue

eye color is the most uncommon (Debrowski, 2021). According to research,

environmental factors and genetics are just two of the many potential causes of eye

color. Many people think that a person's ethnicity or blood type determines their eye

color (Hejkal and Camras 1999). Scientific analysis, however, demonstrates that this is

untrue. The pigments in the iris of the eye have a greater impact on eye color than any

other component (Imesch, et al., 1997). The amount of melanin found in the outer

layers of the iris is closely correlated with eye color. The iris of people with brown eyes

contains a lot of melanin, whereas the iris of people with blue eyes contains far less of

this pigment (Wielgus and Sarna, 2005). The eye color is largely determined by a

specific area on chromosome 15 (Zhu, et al., 2004). This mixture and the genes'

dominance or recessiveness, in general, define the color. Every gene is carried twice in

each child; one copy is inherited from the mother and the other from the father (Duffy, et

al., 2007). The outcomes of my research into the relationship between a person's eye

color and that of their parents will be discussed in this paper. On which, according to the

findings of my research, genetics largely determines eye color.

1.2 Objectives of the Study

 This study generally aims to find the correlation between the eye color of the

third-year fisheries students’ respondents of Mindanao State University at Naawan and

their parent’s eye color.

1.3 Significance of the Study

The result of this study can provide the relationship between a person's eye color

and that of their parents

1.4 Scope and Limitation of the Study

This study is limited on the students’ eye color of the third-year fisheries students’

respondents of Mindanao State University at Naawan and their parent’s eye color.

Hence, this study does not include their siblings eye colors.

1.5 Definition of Terms

Pigments - is a material that changes the color of reflected or transmitted light as the

result of wavelength-selective absorption

Iris - The colored tissue at the front of the eye that contains the pupil in the center

Chromosome 15 - is an acrocentric chromosome, with a very small short arm (the "p"

arm, for "petite"), which contains few protein coding genes among its 19 million base

pairs.
Dominant - Refers to a trait that appears more frequently than another trait, resulting

from interactions between gene alleles.

Recessive - Refers to a trait that is expressed only when genotype is homozygous; a

trait that tends to be masked by other inherited traits, yet persists in a population among

heterozygous genotypes.

II. METHODOLOGY

2.1 Research/Study Design

Adapting the methods of Fan Liu, et al. on 2010, a simple random sample is used

to randomly selected subset of a population. In this sampling method, each member of

the population has an exactly equal chance of being selected.

2.2 Study Area

This study shall be conducted at the Mindanao State University at Naawan,

Campus, Naawan, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.

2.3 Respondents

The respondents of this study are the third-year fisheries students’ respondents

of Mindanao State University at Naawan.

2.4 Research Instruments and Data Collection

The research instruments and data collection used in this study is a Guided

Response Type; on which a Recall-type questions asking the participant to recall a set

of categories. Multiple-choice or multiple response questions. As per adapting the

methods of Fan Liu, et al. on 2010.

2.5 Data Analysis

Adapting the methods of Fan Liu, et al. on 2010, we surveyed multiple the third-

year fisheries of Mindanao State University at Naawan. This quantitative approach,

which is extremely cost-effective, portable, and time efficient.

III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

Table 1. Student’s eye color in correlation with their Parents

 Respondent student's eye color mother's father's
1 B B C
2 B B B
3 C C B
4 C C B
5 B C C
6 B B C
7 B B B
8 C C C
9 B B B
10 B B C
11 C C B
12 C C B
 13 C C C
14 B B B
15 B B C
16 C C B
17 C C B
18 C C C
19 C B C
20 B B C
21 B B B
22 B B B
23 B B B
24 B B B
25 C C C
26 B B C
27 B B B
28 B B B
29 C B B
30 C B C
31 C C C
32 C C C
33 C C C
34 B B B
35 B B C
36 B B B
37 B B B
38 B B B
39 B B B
40 B B B
41 B B C
42 C B C
43 B B B
44 B B B
45 B B B

Based on the sampled data, the respondents’ eye color is determined by genetic

traits handed down from their parents. On which the sampled data shows that either or

both of the parents have the same eye color as the respondents. Furthermore,
according to the data, the genetic features that children inherit from their parents affect

the color of their eyes, whether they are brown, dark brown, or black. The quantity of

melanin, or pigment, in an offspring's iris is influenced by the genetic makeup of his or

her parents. Also, the Dominant eye color of both the respondents’ and their parents are

of the color of dark brown/black.

IV. CONCLUSION

The chromosomes of the respondents inherit carry genetic information that

determines eye color. Differences in the copies received from each parent causes

variations in the amount of melanin produced. Furthermore, the data shows that

whether eyes are brown dark brown/black, eye color is determined by genetic traits

handed down to children from their parents. A parent’s genetic makeup determines the

amount of pigment, or melanin, in the iris of the his or her child’s eye. With high levels of

brown melanin, the eyes look dark brown/black.

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