Earliest archaeological evidence of the Ancon mutation in sheep from Leicester,UK |
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Authors: | L Gidney |
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Abstract: | The excavation of a 16th century archaeological site in Leicester, UK, produced sheep bones exhibiting the characteristic deformation of the Ancon dwarf but predating the earliest historical record of this mutation by some 200 years. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. |
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Keywords: | Leicester Ancon sheep dwarf mutant chondrodystrophy |
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