Human Hair Shaft Proteomic Profiling: Individual Differences, Site Specificity, And Cuticle Analysis

    August 2014 in “ PeerJ ”
    Chelsea Laatsch, Blythe Durbin‐Johnson, David M. Rocke … Robert H. Rice
    Studysummary This study found that proteomic analysis can distinguish hair samples across different ethnicities and body regions based on keratin protein levels, which may aid forensic hair identification.
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