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Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Despite considerable costs associated with environmental certifications, fashion organisations consistently adopt multiple schemes to address sustainability challenges. As key mechanisms of sustainability governance, certifications expand legitimacy signalling opportunities, yet questions remain about their practical implementation and ...
Josephine Alice Mckenzie +2 more
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Frontiers in Animal ScienceWool quality plays a role in determining the economic value of sheep breeds, amid the growing global demand for natural and sustainable material. This quality depends on both genetic and non-genetic factors, complicating breed evaluation.
Rossana Topputi +12 more
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Genetics Selection Evolution, 2021 Background Imputation to whole-genome sequence is now possible in large sheep populations. It is therefore of interest to use this data in genome-wide association studies (GWAS) to investigate putative causal variants and genes that underpin economically
Sunduimijid Bolormaa +8 more
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Agriculture, 2021 A strategy to increase wool income for coarse wool (fibre diameter > 30 µm) producers through a transition to higher value medium wool (fibre diameter between 25 and 29 µm) was identified, with previous analyses allowing sheep feed demand increases to ...
Lydia J. Farrell +4 more
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Integrated Multi‐Omics Analysis Reveals the Genetic Basis of Phenotypic Variation in Tibetan Sheep
Integrative Zoology, EarlyView.SNaPshot‐validated GWAS results demonstrated significant correlations between candidate single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and body size traits in Tibetan sheep. Concurrently, hematoxylin and eosin staining, alongside muscle fiber analysis, confirmed pronounced morphological differences in muscle tissue between sheep of varying conformation.
Dehui Liu +16 more
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Wool characteristics and processing [PDF]
, 1991 Table of Contents:- Introduction -- Blends -- Basic Properties -- Wool Characteristics - General -- Wool Characteristics and Carpet Manufacture -- Wool Characteristics for Apparel -- Wool Characteristics for Household Furnishings and Other Products -- An
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Frontiers in Genetics, 2019 Merino sheep represents a valuable genetic resource worldwide. In this study, we investigated selection signatures in Merino (and Merino-derived) sheep breeds using genome-wide SNP data and two different approaches: a classical FST-outlier method and an ...
Sami Megdiche +5 more
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Animals, 2020 The high concentration of secondary branched wool follicles is a distinctive feature of the Merino sheep. At present, the molecular control of the development and branching of secondary wool follicles (SF) remains elusive.
Xuefeng Lv +11 more
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Merino Becomes Noble: A study of nanogold, wool and nanogold–wool composites [PDF]
, 2021 <p>Our research group, led by Professor J. H. Johnston, has developed a novel approach for dyeing merino wool with nanogold [gold nanoparticles (AuNPs)] by coupling the chemistry of gold with that of wool fibres. This utilises the plasmonic properties of nanogold to create attractive fabric colours ranging from pink to purple to grey.
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Abattoir surveillance of pneumonia and pleurisy in Western Australian sheep for 2016–2024
Australian Veterinary Journal, EarlyView.The ovine respiratory complex (ORC) is an important contributor to production losses and welfare concerns in sheep worldwide. This study examined trends in the detection of pneumonia and pleurisy in sheep from Western Australia, utilising abattoir surveillance data collected for the National Sheep Health Monitoring Project between 2016 and 2024 ...
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