Journal or Publishing Institution: Doklady Biological Sciences
Date of Publication: 04/01/2010
Author(s): Baranov, A.S., Chernova, O.F., Feoktistova, N.Y. and Surov, A.V.
Article Type: Peer Reviewed Study
Abstract:
The term ectopia (heterotopia, tissue aberration) means the appearance of morphological structures in regions of the body where they are untypical; e.g., three cases of slight hair growth in the human oral cavity (in persons that had no hypertrichosis) have beendescribed. Histological analysis has shown the slightly keratinized gingival epithelium contains deep hollows, through which “hairlike structures” are likely to grow into the oral cavity, and follicles that somewhat differ from those of normal skin hair. Medical examination of these three patients did not show any disease with which oral hair could be related (all the three persons proved to be physically healthy); therefore, it was assumed that oral hair growth was caused by mutations affecting the gingival tissue.
Keywords: genetically modified (GM) soybean, genetically engineered (GE), Roundup Ready soybean, glyphosate tolerant soybean, genetically modified (GM) maize, genetically modified (GM) corn, transgenic crops, GMO, glyphosate, pesticides, herbicides, ectopia, mutations
Citation:
Baranov, A.S., Chernova, O.F., Feoktistova, N.Y. and Surov, A.V., 2010, April. A new example of ectopia: oral hair in some rodent species. In Doklady Biological Sciences (Vol. 431, No. 1, pp. 117-120). SP MAIK Nauka/Interperiodica.
Category:
- Health effects
- Pesticide use
Record ID: 130
