Scanning Electron Microscope Study of Some of the Indian Primate Hairs
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Earlier workers have used only light microscopy for hair studies, but advent of SEM has made possible analysis of hairs for ultra-structural details. Mammal hairs have been examined under SEM by other workers (Hausman, 1920; 1924; Short, 1978; Riggott and Wyatt, 1980) abroad. In India, few studies are available on SEM of hairs of mammals. Kopikar and Sabnis (1976, 1977) have done some work on surface details of hairs of Indian mammals. Venkataraman et al. (1994) have also done scanning electron microscopic studies of 17 species of carnivorous mammals of India. On Indian non-human primates, De (1993) has mentioned SEM details of Macaca fascicularis, Macaca assamensis and Macaca mulatta.
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