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In this study of Angora goats, researchers found that HOXC13 and other genes were overexpressed during the active hair growth phase, suggesting a role in mohair structure.

This study found that HOXC13 gene expression was significantly higher during the anagen phase in Angora goats, potentially contributing to the mohair's shiny and silky nature.

This study found that gene expression patterns can effectively distinguish the cashmere growth cycle stages and highlight molecular pathways, suggesting melatonin's role in regulating cashmere growth in Inner Mongolian goats.

This study reports that melatonin influences gene expression related to cashmere growth cycles in Inner Mongolian cashmere goats, potentially aiding in understanding and enhancing cashmere yield through molecular regulation.

This study found that Wan strain Angora rabbits with high wool production exhibited higher hair follicle density and identified long noncoding RNAs that may regulate this trait.

This study reported the expression patterns and potential functions of long non-coding RNAs in the hair follicle cycle of yak, with insights into their sequence conservation between yak and cashmere goat.

This study found that Wan strain Angora rabbits with high wool production had higher hair follicle density and identified five long noncoding RNAs as potential regulators of this trait.

This workshop review from the Australian Hair and Wool Research Society discusses findings in cutaneous biology and endocrinology but presents no new research results.

This study observed that feeding ewes a water-soluble complex of fatty acids increased primary hair follicle bulb diameter and mitotic activity, suggesting a positive correlation with wool growth.

This article discusses how drug molecules integrate into hair fibers, focusing on biological transport mechanisms and physicochemical factors, but reports no new experimental findings.

This study identified genomic regions and genes associated with wool, live weight, body condition, and reproduction traits in Uruguayan Merino sheep, highlighting potential genetic factors influencing these characteristics.

This study identified key genes and pathways related to wool follicle development in coarse wool lambs, suggesting epigenetic factors may influence wool sheep domestication and breeding.

In this study on Chinese Tan sheep, researchers discovered a variant of the KRTAP19-5 gene associated with decreased curvature of fine wool fibres, highlighting potential genetic markers for improving wool quality.

In this study, researchers reported that specific gene polymorphisms in Jiangnan cashmere goats, particularly SNPs in the HOXC13 and WNT4 genes, were significantly associated with key economic traits like birth weight and yearling weight, providing molecular markers for breeding and enhancing economic trait stability.

In this study, researchers found that the keratin-associated protein 36-1 gene (KRTAP36-1) allele C is linked to variations in mean fibre curvature of fine wool in Chinese Tan lambs, suggesting its role in their distinctive curly coat.

This study analyzed the genetic variations of the KAP20-1 gene in Chinese Tan sheep lambs and found that the G variant was linked to an increased mean fibre curvature in their fine wool fibres, potentially influencing breeding strategies for this wool trait.

In this study, researchers found that circERCC6, a circular RNA identified in cashmere goat hair follicles, helps activate secondary hair follicle stem cells, with its role dependent on specific m6A modifications that interact with miR-412-3p to regulate BNC2 expression.

In this study, researchers used proteomic and metabolomic analyses to explore hair follicle development in embryonic cashmere goats, identifying significant roles for the oxytocin signalling pathway and associated networks in this process.

This study suggests that the period from birth to 6 months is optimal for regulating secondary hair follicle development in cashmere goats, with specific growth factors potentially playing a regulatory role.

In this study, the identification of a novel KAP gene in sheep, named KRTAP36-1, was associated with increased prickle factor in wool, suggesting its potential as a genetic marker for breeding purposes.

This study examined cashmere goats using whole-genome resequencing data and found that the Inner Mongolia cashmere goat had the lowest inbreeding coefficient, with genes identified linked to fiber, fertility, disease resistance, and growth, which can inform future breeding efforts.

This review examines the genetic challenges in improving wool and cashmere fibers, emphasizing the need for further research on wool keratins and keratin-associated proteins to enhance fiber characteristics.

This review discusses the role of keratin-associated proteins in the growth and characteristics of wool and hair fibres from sheep and goats, and highlights areas for future research, but it presents no new findings.

This study found that supplementing pregnant cashmere goats' diets according to nutritional standards improved their fiber production, growth, fertility, and the development of kids' secondary hair follicles.

This study found that in cashmere goats aged 2 to 7 years, younger goats (2-4 years) produced more cashmere and had a higher population of active secondary hair follicles than older goats (5-7 years), with the latter showing greater oxidative stress.

This study identified 2574 differentially expressed genes in the hair follicles of Wan strain Angora rabbits, suggesting that these genes may influence wool fiber diameter and quality.

In this study, researchers investigated a regulatory network in cashmere goat embryos and found that fibroblast growth factor 10, alongside non-coding RNAs, significantly influences hair follicle cell proliferation, offering insights into the biology of hair follicles in cashmere goats.

In this study, a specific genetic variant of KRTAP6-2 in Longdong cashmere goats was associated with finer cashmere fiber diameter, suggesting its potential as a molecular marker for breeding improvements.

This study explored the genetic basis of fiber diameter in alpacas, identifying candidate genomic regions including four significant areas on VPA6, VPA9, VPA29, and an unassigned scaffold, using whole genome association analysis and a custom SNP microarray.

This study found no significant difference in CUX1 core promoter methylation levels between different lambskin patterns in Hu sheep, suggesting other mechanisms influence CUX1 expression related to hair follicle development.