Afro-Carribbean hair

  • Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute
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Afro-Carribbean hair. Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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A strand of hair from an afro-Carribbean individual. The strand of hair has an 'S' shaped curve, which gives it it's characteristic curl. The external layer of the hair shown here is the cuticle, which contains layers of overlapping cells to protect the lower layers ( the cortex and medulla).

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