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April 2009 in “The Proceedings of the International Plant Nutrition Colloquium XVI” Certain genes may promote longer root hairs in plants when phosphorus is low.
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October 2023 in “Science Advances” 3D bioprinting can now create skin with hair-like structures for medical use.
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