High-Throughput Phenotyping Methods for Quantifying Hair Fiber Morphology

June 2021 in “ Scientific Reports ”

Tina Lasisi, Arslan A. Zaidi, Timothy H. Webster, Nicholas B. Stephens, Kendall Routch, Nina G. Jablonski, Mark D. Shriver

hair fiber morphology hair curvature cross-sectional shape polycaprolactone phenotyping methods

Studysummary This study found that examining hair morphology provides deeper insights than classification, suggesting a potential population stratification artefact between hair curvature and cross-sectional shapes in the examined admixed African-European sample.

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