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The rex hair trait in rabbit.
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posted on 2013-02-20, 18:48 authored by Mathieu Diribarne, Xavier Mata, Céline Chantry-Darmon, Anne Vaiman, Gérard Auvinet, Stéphan Bouet, Séverine Deretz, Edmond-Paul Cribiu, Hubert de Rochambeau, Daniel Allain, Gérard Guérin(A) A normal rabbit coat (A1), a rex rabbit with a castor coat (A2) and an orylag® with a castor coat (A3). (B) Cross section of a fibre bundle of a normal rabbit coat (B1), a rex rabbit (B2) and an orylag® (B3). (C) Skin cross section of a hair follicle group of a normal rabbit coat (C1), a rex rabbit (C2) and an orylag® (C3). Arrows indicate the differences in shape and diameters of primary central hair follicles and their hair.
