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Lanceolate hair (lah): a recessive mouse mutation with alopecia and abnormal hair.
The Journal of investigative dermatology - 1 Jul 1996
Montagutelli X, Hogan M E, Aubin G, Lalouette A, Guénet J L, King L E, Sundberg J P
Abstract excerpt
A new autosomal recessive mutation of the house mouse developed generalized alopecia associated with breakage of abnormal hair shafts. This mutation, named 'lanceolate hair' (symbol: lah), arose in a mutagenesis experiment using ethylnitrosourea. Hair shafts were short with a focal degeneration at the breakpoint characterized by a pronounced enlargement at the apex, resembling a lance head. Plucked hair fibers...
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