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The Scarlet Mark

Curious Cases

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The Curious Case of the Scarlet Mark

We have pledged to investigate your everyday questions using the power of science. Today's study is close to my own heart, dear listener and more importantly, your head. And I do hope dear to you as well, Adam, because as a geneticist, the curious case of the Scarlet Mark is one with DNA at its core. We are constantly asked where the red came from. Further, people do say the Ginger Jean is dying out. But with the apparent ability to skip generations, as in our case, how good is that maths, or is it just anecdote? Yes. Well, we'll come to the Ginger Jean in good time and to the question of the extinction of your kind.

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