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Trans-gender induction of hair follicles

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Human follicle cells can be induced to grow in an incompatible host of the other sex.

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Figure 1: Methods and analysis of follicle induction.

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  1. Department of Biological Sciences, Durham University, South Road, Durham, DH1 3LE, UK

    Amanda J. Reynolds & Colin A. B. Jahoda

  2. Department of Dermatology, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 4LP, UK

    Clifford Lawrence

  3. Departments of Dermatology, and Genetics and Development, Columbia University, New York, 10032, New York, USA

    Peter B. Cserhalmi-Friedman & Angela M. Christiano

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Reynolds, A., Lawrence, C., Cserhalmi-Friedman, P. et al. Trans-gender induction of hair follicles. Nature 402, 33–34 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/46938

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