If blue eyes are a recessive gene and green eyes are a dominant gene, why are there more people with blue eyes?

Question

If blue eyes are a recessive gene and green eyes are a dominant gene, why are there more people with blue eyes?

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Answer 1

I think high school biology does a slight disservice in genetics teaching. So many people come out thinking a lot of our characteristics are simple to figure out, just a few inputs, with what’s dominant or recessive, and you get results.

In reality, most traits, including eye color, are more complicated than we think.