Characterization of hairless (Hr) and FGF5 genes provides insights into the molecular basis of hair loss in cetaceans

BACKGROUND: Hair is one of the main distinguishing characteristics of mammals and it has many important biological functions. Cetaceans originated from terrestrial mammals and they have evolved a series of adaptations to aquatic environments, which are of evolutionary significance. However, the mole...

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Autores principales: Chen, Zhuo, Wang, Zhengfei, Xu, Shixia, Zhou, Kaiya, Yang, Guang
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23394579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-34

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3608953/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23394579
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-13-34

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