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A Dominant Felting Lustre Mutant Fleece-type in the Australian Merino Sheep

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RECENTLY, our attention has been directed at occasional ‘aberrant’ fleece-types among Australian Merino sheep. This communication refers to a felting lustrous fleece-type of which some twenty-two examples have so far been located.

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  1. Fraser, R. D. B., and Rogers, G. E., Aust. J. Biol. Sci., 8, 288 (1955).

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    B. F. SHORT

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SHORT, B. A Dominant Felting Lustre Mutant Fleece-type in the Australian Merino Sheep. Nature 181, 1414–1415 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1811414a0

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