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Originally Posted by m42
Baldness
Alopecia Universalis (full baldness) maps to chromosome 8p12. The confirmed cause is a genetic mutation that is passed through the X chromosome.
Androgen Alopecia is the most common form of hairloss. It is also known as male pattern baldness. This form of baldness is caused by sequence variations with several genes in chromosomal region Xq12-22, the part of the X-chromosome responsible for androgen reception.
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I would say that a lot of this is heavily nutrition related more than anything else.
Take China or Japan for example... Many years back, they did not suffer from this on the same scale but the Western world did. They have the same polution, similar lifestyles etc but their nutrition is completely different to ours.
Introduce them to the Western lifestyle and what happens. A few generations down and they also start losing their hair also.
There is also a big tie in with prostate cancer as the exact drug that is used to stop this, is also used to stop hair loss.