Domestication-related variations of the hair cuticula pattern in mammals |
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| Authors: | W. Meyer,A. Schnapper,G. Hü lmann, H. Seger |
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| Affiliation: | Anatomical Institute, School of Veterinary Medicine Hannover and;TÜV Nord, Hannover, Germany |
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| Abstract: | Based on a computer‐assisted method and regression analysis, several structural parameters of the hair cuticula pattern of primary hairs of 94 wild mammals and 44 breeds of 10 domesticated mammals were evaluated and compared between both groups. Biologically relevant relationships between the parameters examined could only be obtained for the wild animals. In this way domestication‐induced defects became evident for the hair cuticula pattern that is a typical structural feature of the hair shaft. |
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