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Evolution of the sheep coat: the impact of domestication on its structure and development
Wild sheep and many primitive domesticated breeds have two coats: coarse hairs covering shorter, finer fibres. Both are shed annually. Exploitation of wool for apparel in the Bronze Age encouraged breeding for denser fleeces and continuously growing white fibres. The Merino is regarded as the culmin...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7306482/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32517826 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0016672320000063 |