Divergent genetic mechanisms lead to spiny hair in mammals
GISLENE LOPES GONÇALVES, Renan Maestri, Gilson R. P. Moreira, Marly Antônia Maldaner Jacobi, Thales Renato Ochotorena de Freitas, Hopi E. Hoekstra
This study investigates the genetic basis of spiny hair evolution in rodents, finding that a specific Edar mutation associated with human hair variation is not linked to spiny hair in rodents.
PLoS ONE · Aug 17, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics