Scientists found that people with light-colored eyes are genetically prone to becoming alcoholics. But blue-eyed people were at the highest risk.
A paper on the findings was published this week in the current issue of the American Journal of Medical Genetics: Neuropsychiatric Genetics (Part B) under the name of “Eye color: A potential indicator of alcohol dependence risk in European Americans.”
The research team currently hopes that the study would provide new insights into