tuft

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In a separate study in Cell Reports, the team mapped the crystal structure of another group of proteins that is essential in tuft cell lung cancer.

From Science Daily

He had the haircut you’d get if you asked a knowledgeable barber to give you “the Martin Gore”: high and tight, with several inches of unruly tuft up top.

From New York Times

The researchers then surrounded this tempting pile with a square of barbed wire, which harmlessly snagged tufts of fur—and the DNA it contains—when bears came to check out the smell.

From Science Magazine

Then, to Dr. Pollock’s amusement, the tiny bird began plucking tufts of the raccoon’s fur.

From New York Times

Pressure is mounting on the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to retest the animal who has a fleecy black coat and small tufts of curly dark hair on his head.

From Washington Post