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Classification of Wool Follicles in Sheep

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A RECENT communication by Lyne1 notes the presence in some adult merino sheep and one Corriedale ewe of “bundles of primary follicles” having a common neck. Lyne points out that these follicles would normally be classed as secondary follicles in counts to determine the ratio S/P and that therefore “some of the published observations on the numbers and ratios of follicle types must be re-interpreted”.

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    A. B. WILDMAN

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WILDMAN, A. Classification of Wool Follicles in Sheep. Nature 180, 99–100 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/180099a0

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