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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Telogen

- The hair cycle

Following catagen, follicles lie dormant in a resting phase(telogen). In mice, the first telogen is short, lasting only1 or 2 days, from approximately P19 to P21 in the mid back.The second telogen, however, lasts more than 2 weeks, beginningaround P42.