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WITH one exception, little attention appears to have been paid to the birth coats of lambs, despite the great variability which exists and their potential value in selection in practical animal breeding. The exception is the work initiated by Dry1,2 with the Romney Marsh breed in New Zealand.
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Dry, F. W., N.Z. J. Agric., 46, 10, 141, 279 (1933).
Dry, F. W., N.Z. J. Agric., 47, 289 (1934).
Fraser, A. S., thesis presented to the University of Edinburgh for the degree of Ph.D. (1950).
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SCHINCKEL, P. Birth Coats of Australian Merino Lambs. Nature 168, 698–699 (1951). https://doi.org/10.1038/168698a0
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