OMIA:000109-9940 : Birthcoat in Ovis aries (sheep) |
Categories: Integument (skin) phene
Single-gene trait/disorder: unknown
Disease-related: yes
Species-specific description: In this disorder, the adult fleece is typical of that seen in new-born lambs (consisting of hairy [medullated] fibres produced almost entirely by primary follicles; in contrast to normal wool, which has no medulla, and which is produced by secondary follicles and modified primary follicles).
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Nicholas, F. W., Tammen, I., & Sydney Informatics Hub. (2005). OMIA:000109-9940: Online Mendelian Inheritance in Animals (OMIA) [dataset]. https://omia.org/. https://doi.org/10.25910/2AMR-PV70
References
Note: the references are listed in reverse chronological order (from the most recent year to the earliest year), and alphabetically by first author within a year.
| 1954 | Rendel, J.M. : |
| Inheritance of birthcoat in a flock of improved Welsh Mountain sheep Australian Journal of Agricultural Research 5:297-304, 1954. | |
| 1951 | Schinckel, P.G. : |
| Birth coats of Australian Merino lambs Nature 168:698 only, 1951. Pubmed reference: 14882326. |
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- Created by Frank Nicholas on 06 Sep 2005