Old scientist

• Autores: Mick O'Hare
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3163, 2018, pág. 55
• Idioma: inglés
• Texto completo no disponible (Saber más ...)
• Resumen

  • We are not in the business of endorsing stereotypes, but few will be surprised to find that the nation exporting the greatest number of sheep pelts is New Zealand. But don't assume that when you've seen one pelt, you've seen them all. Some sheep have thinner skin, some have scars from illness or trauma, and lots of pelts have holes from tick bites. Uniformity in livestock isn't all good, though. A report in our Feb 4, 1989 issue described how the UK's chickens had way too little genetic diversity