High-Throughput Phenotyping Methods for Quantifying Hair Fiber Morphology

    June 2021 in “ Scientific Reports ”
    Tina Lasisi, Arslan A. Zaidi, Timothy H. Webster … Mark D. Shriver
    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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