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The gene Endothelin 3 makes mice's fur darker by increasing pigment cells and pigment levels.
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April 2010 in “Nature” A gene called APCDD1, which controls hair growth, is found to be faulty in a type of hair loss called hereditary hypotrichosis simplex.
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