Order From Disorder: Self-Organization In Mammalian Hair Patterning

    December 2006 in “ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ”
    Yanshu Wang, Tudor C. Badea, Jeremy Nathans
    Studysummary In this study, researchers found that hair follicle orientation in Fz6 −/− mice is disrupted and that hair may reorient itself over time through a self-organized process.
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