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- ... appear to play a major role in determining hair texture—straight, wavy, or curly—and the thickness of individual strands of hair. Studies suggest that different genes influence hair texture ...
- Hair color is determined by the amount of a pigment called melanin in hair. An abundance of one type of melanin, called eumelanin, gives people black or brown hair. An abundance of another pigment, called pheomelanin, gives ...
- Uncombable hair syndrome is a condition that is characterized by dry, frizzy hair that cannot be combed flat. This condition develops in childhood, often between ...
- Cartilage-hair hypoplasia is a disorder of bone growth characterized by short stature (dwarfism) with other skeletal abnormalities; fine, sparse hair (hypotrichosis); ...
- Keratoderma with woolly hair is a group of related conditions that affect the skin and hair and in many cases increase the risk ...
- ... gene provides instructions for making the type II hair keratin K81 protein (K81). This protein belongs to ... structural framework of cells that make up the hair, skin, and nails. Each keratin protein partners with ...
- ... gene provides instructions for making the type II hair keratin K83 protein (K83). This protein belongs to ... structural framework of cells that make up the hair, skin, and nails. Each keratin protein partners with ...
- ... gene provides instructions for making the type II hair keratin K86 protein (K86). This protein belongs to ... structural framework of cells that make up the hair, skin, and nails. Each keratin protein partners with ...
- Androgenetic alopecia is a common form of hair loss in both men and women. In men, it is also known as male pattern baldness, and in women, it is also known as female pattern hair loss.In men, hair is lost in a ...
- Autosomal recessive hypotrichosis is a condition that affects hair growth. People with this condition have sparse hair (hypotrichosis) on the scalp beginning in infancy. This ...
