Alopecia areata (AA) is a common, inflammatory, nonscarring type of hair loss. Significant
variations in the clinical presentation of AA have been observed, ranging from small, well …

Background Alopecia areata is a disorder that results in nonscarring hair loss. The
psychological impact can be significant, leading to feelings of depression and social …

Melanocyte development provides an excellent model for studying more complex
developmental processes. Melanocytes have an apparently simple aetiology, differentiating …

Domesticated plants and animals played crucial roles as models for evolutionary change by
means of natural selection and for establishing the rules of inheritance, originally proposed …

Alopecia areata (AA) is among the most highly prevalent human autoimmune diseases,
leading to disfiguring hair loss due to the collapse of immune privilege of the hair follicle and …

Systematic characterization of cancer genomes has revealed a staggering number of
diverse aberrations that differ among individuals, such that the functional importance and …

Despite recent genetic advances and numerous ongoing therapeutic trials, malignant
melanoma remains fatal, and prognostic factors as well as more efficient treatments are …

Intense selective pressures applied over short evolutionary time have resulted in
homogeneity within, but substantial variation among, horse breeds. Utilizing this population …

During the last decade, coat colouration in mammals has been investigated in numerous
studies. Most of these studies addressing the genetics of coat colouration were on …

The domestic dog, Canis familiaris, is a well-established model system for mapping trait and
disease loci. While the original draft sequence was of good quality, gaps were abundant …