Evolution of the sheep coat: The impact of domestication on its structure and development

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Evolution of the sheep coat: The impact of domestication on its structure and development

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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 culmination of this process. Archaeological discoveries, ancient images and parchment records portray this as an evolutionary progression, spanning millennia. However, examination of the fleeces from fer...

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2020

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Jackson, N / Maddocks, IG / Watts, JE / Scobie, David / Mason, RS / Gordon-Thomson, C / Stockwell, S / Moore, GPM

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https://hdl.handle.net/10182/16697

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domestication / evolution / follicle morphogenesis / hair / neural crest / sheep / wool / Wool / Neural Crest / Animals / Sheep / Evolution, Molecular / Mutation / Receptors, Notch / Selection, Genetic / Domestication / Genetics not elsewhere classified / Animal physiological ecology / Wood fibre processing / Animal growth and development / Genetics

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