WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN

One of the most intriguing of mental pastimes is to ponder on what the result might have been if certain famous happenings had been reversed.For example, if the Spanish Armada had succeeded in its task; or Flag if Hertzog had been successful in his revolt of 1914, but two happenings in quite recent history, both originated by Winston Churchill, mak

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Genome-wide association studies detects candidate genes for wool traits by re-sequencing in Chinese fine-wool sheep

Abstract Background The quality and yield of wool determine the economic value of the fine-wool sheep.Therefore, discovering markers or genes relevant to wool traits is the cornerstone for the breeding of Bracelets fine-wool sheep.In this study, we used the Illumina HiSeq X Ten platform to re-sequence 460 sheep belonging to four different fine-wool

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