Divergent Genetic Mechanism Leads to Spiny Hair in Rodents

    February 2018 in “ bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) ”
    Gislene L. Gonçalves, Renan Maestri, Gilson R. P. Moreira … Hopi E Hoekstra

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    Studysummary This study found that distinct spiny hair morphologies in rodents arose independently multiple times but did not link the Ecdysoplasin A receptor gene mutation that affects human hair to these variations.
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