Table 1

Short, long, pigmented and white hairs

Long Hair

Short Hair

P*

Pigmented

White

P*


CSX % Methylation

19.8 (56)

14.9 (42)

0.006

21.0 (15)

25.1 (16)

0.23

CSX Diversity

5.4 (56)

4.5 (42)

0.004

5.8 (15)

5.9 (16)

0.88

SOX10 % Methylation

89.8** (20)

84.0 (8)

0.073

89.7 (6)

89.3 (6)

0.87


() numbers of hairs examined

* two sided t-test

**Random hairs examined

Kim et al. BMC Biology 2006 4:2   doi:10.1186/1741-7007-4-2

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