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Functional barrel cortex in 'hairless', nude mice.
Brain research - 2 Jul 2007
Stevens Richard T, Hodge Charles J
Abstract excerpt
Although nude mice are not truly hairless, they demonstrate abnormal hair structure and growth patterns, which are related to their genetic state. Whereas wild-type mice are born with visible vibrissae, nude mice are distinguishable at birth by the lack of visible vibrissae, which do not appear until approximately postnatal day 6. Additionally, adult nude mice have abnormal whisker cycling patterns in which...
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