ISSN: 0022-1198
CODEN: JFSCA
Published Online: 1 July 1981
Page Count: 12

New Concepts About Hair Identification Revealed by Electron Microscope Studies
Le Pareux, A
Biologists, Laboratoire Identité Judiciaire,

Gastaldi, G
Doctors, Institut Textile de France,

Clement, J-L
Biologists, Laboratoire Identité Judiciaire,

Connet, J
Doctors, Institut Textile de France,

Hagege, R
Doctors, Institut Textile de France,

(Received 10 July 1980; accepted 29 October 1980)

Abstract

Current methods of hair identification are based on differential characteristics of the medulla observed with the light microscope. In this study, we propose a new method based on electron microscope observation of the medullary ultrastructure. Our studies revealed numerous new anatomical characteristics of the medulla, and a modern classification for mammalian hair identification was established.

Keywords:
pathology and biology, human identification, hair

Paper ID: JFS11383J
DOI: 10.1520/JFS11383J
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