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From: Mammalian keratin associated proteins (KRTAPs) subgenomes: disentangling hair diversity and adaptation to terrestrial and aquatic environments

Figure 4

Hair characteristic adaption in terrestrial and aquatic mammal. Sloth an arboreal mammal with high density of hair harboring algae (image credits: firstworldfacts.com). Representation of sloth hair with algal growth and cross section of hair showing the major layers of hair shaft (A). Bottlenose dolphin (image credits: Public source Dolphin NASA) with rostrum selected in circle and detailed in image with arrows point the hairless vibrissae crypts of dolphin (image credits: Élio A. Vicente, Zoomarine) (B). Overall number of KRTAP genes and percentage of pseudogene present in sloth and dolphin (C).

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