Potential Use of Human Hair Shaft Keratin Peptide Signatures to Distinguish Gender and Ethnicity

    January 2020 in “ PeerJ ”
    Nurdiena Nasir, Jumriah Hiji, Jaime Jacqueline Jayapalan, Onn Haji Hashim
    Studysummary This study suggests that keratin peptide signatures in human hair shafts could potentially be used to distinguish gender and ethnicity, though further research on a larger scale is needed.
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