Scraggly: A New Hair Loss Mutation on Mouse Chromosome 19

    September 1999 in “ Mammalian genome ”
    Bruce J. Herron, Elizabeth C. Bryda, Stephanie A. Heverly … Lorraine Flaherty
    Studysummary In this study, researchers generated a mouse mutation called scraggly, related to hair and skin defects, and mapped it to a genetic location on mouse Chromosome 19 distinct from similar mutations.
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    1. Alopecia Universalis Associated With a Mutation in the Human Hairless Gene Science · 1998
    2. Keratinocyte Growth Factor Is an Important Endogenous Mediator of Hair Follicle Growth, Development, and Differentiation. Normalization of the Nu/Nu Follicular Differentiation Defect and Amelioration of Chemotherapy-Induced Alopecia. PubMed · 1995