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hair follicle
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A tube-like opening in the epidermis where the hair shaft develops and into which the sebaceous glands open[GO]. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_follicle ]
Term info
Label
hair follicle
Subsets
uberon_slim, efo_slim, pheno_slim, organ_slim, human_reference_atlas
RO 0002175
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606
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Development notes:Formation largely takes place during fetal and perinatal skin development. However, after skin wounding de novo hair follicle formation may also occur in adult mouse and rabbit skin[DOI:10.1016/j.cub.2008.12.005].
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https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4d/Hair_follicle-en.svg
has obo namespace
uberon
has related synonym
folliculus pili
homology notes
The earliest reliable record of hair is found in a fossil of the Paleocene period, in which the structure of hair cuticles is preserved. Its appearance suggests that the complicated structure of the hair follicle, closely similar to that of present-day mammals, had already appeared at this time.[well established][VHOG]
id
UBERON:0002073