Browsing Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health by Keyword "hair follicle"

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    • A genetic basis of variation in eccrine sweat gland and hair follicle density 

      Kamberov, Yana George; Karlsson, Elinor; Kamberova, Gerda L.; Lieberman, Daniel E.; Sabeti, Pardis Christine; Morgan, Bruce Allan; Tabin, Clifford James (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2015)
      Among the unique features of humans, one of the most salient is the ability to effectively cool the body during extreme prolonged activity through the evapotranspiration of water on the skin's surface. The evolution of ...