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Hair root

Hair root

The part of a hair that is embedded in the hair follicle, its lower succulent extremity capping the dermal papilla pili in the deep bulbous portion of the follicle.

Synonym: radix pili.


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help on plant cells urgently please!!!!!!

... my plant physiology is a bit rusty, but I am sure that guard cells and root hair cells develop from epidermal cells (of leaf and root respectively). Can't help on palisade ...

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by MrMistery
Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:58 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: help on plant cells urgently please!!!!!!
Replies: 1
Views: 437

help on plant cells urgently please!!!!!!

... from what cells do they originate -palisade mesophyll cell -guard cell -root hair cell please help me ASAP!! thanks

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by francesca121
Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:28 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: help on plant cells urgently please!!!!!!
Replies: 1
Views: 437

Re: Hair and DNA

OK guys...here you go: Nuclear DNA can be extracted from hairs as long as they contain the root. The root is the portion of the hair that contains actual living cells which, in turn, contain ...

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by AngieJ2118
Mon May 05, 2008 4:50 am
 
Forum: Physiology
Topic: Hair and DNA
Replies: 20
Views: 13751

differences?

what are the differences between root hair cell and normal plant cell ? :?: what is the differences between mRNA and DNA? :?:

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by AMARLINA
Tue Oct 16, 2007 8:02 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: differences?
Replies: 1
Views: 443

collecting / preserving DNA

Only hair without the root is useless.But said you've got some follicles. I'm sorry for your cat. Think about the archaelogical remains ...

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by ping
Wed Jun 13, 2007 10:26 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: collecting / preserving DNA
Replies: 7
Views: 1185
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