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Frontiers | Hair Graying Regulators Beyond Hair Follicle
Introduction Hair graying is one of the representative signs of aging. It has been considered to be triggered by a decreased number of follicular melanocyte stem cells (MeSCs; Nishimura et al., 2005; Iida et al., 2020) or dysfunction of MeSCs such as decreased oxidation resistance capacity with aging (Shi et…
Dominant white color gene in horses is likely lethal if inherited from both parents
Some of the ponies tested in the study. Images: Esdaile et al. doi.org/10.3390/genes12121985 A dominant gene responsible for a white coat color in horses, which is likely lethal if inherited from both parents, has been identified at a low frequency in American Shetland and miniature horses. Researchers, writing in the…
