A summary of the major events of the hair cycle, and known …

• Introduction
• Morphogenesis
• Anagen
• Anagen-to-catagen transition
• Catagen
• Telogen
• The follicle stem cell compartment
• Telogen-to-anagen transition
• References
• Figure

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