Frequency of an Electrophoretic Variant of Hair Alpha Keratin in Human Populations

    January 1977 in “ PubMed
    Daniel B. Hrdy, Howard P. Baden, L D Lee, Joseph Kubilus, Ken Ludwig
    TLDR The hair keratin variant is mostly found in Caucasians.
    The study investigated the presence of an electrophoretic variant in hair keratin across different racial groups. The variant was predominantly found in Caucasian samples, with rare occurrences in one American black and one American Indian individual, likely due to Caucasian admixture.
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