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    Making Waves with Hairs: Genetic and Epigenetic Factors in Hair Pattern Formation

    Maksim V. Plikus, Cheng‐Ming Chuong
    Studysummary This review explores the potential genetic and epigenetic influences on hair whorl patterns and suggests that pattern formation may involve basic physical-chemical laws, although it reports no new experimental findings.
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    4. Cyclic Alopecia in Msx2 Mutants: Defects in Hair Cycling and Hair Shaft Differentiation Development · 2002