Mapping the ancestry of sheep over the past 11,000 years has revealed that our woolly friends are stars among domestic animals, boasting vast genetic diversity and substantial prospects for continued ...
A breed is a group of domestic animals with a uniform appearance, behavior, and other characteristics that distinguish it from other animals of the same species. Sheep fall into four broad categories: ...
The most extensive isotope analysis of archaeological material in Finland revealed a fragment of the history of ancient Finnish cattle: the bones and teeth showed which plants the animals fed on. For ...
1. Following a long history of eradication campaigns against predators, wolverine Gulo gulo distribution and numbers became critically low in Norway in the 1960s. Consequently, wolverines were ...
It's the 200th anniversary of the first arrival of English Leicester sheep into Tasmania. A breed imported into Hobart for its long, lustrous fleece and fast-growing meat. They're now on the list of ...
The oncogenic exogenous Jaagsiekte sheep retrovirus (JSRV), responsible for ovine pulmonary adenocarcinoma, has several endogenous counterparts termed enJSRVs. Although many of these elements have ...
This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A central theme in life history theory is to determine how reproduction varies with age in iteroparous organisms. Evidence of ageing and ...
A breed is a group of domestic animals with a uniform appearance, behavior, and other characteristics that distinguish it from other animals of the same species. Sheep fall into four broad categories: ...