Preliminary investigations of Romney wool growth in vitro [sheep]

Despite the inexplicably high variation in fibre growth rate in cultured wool follicles, it was demonstrated for the first time that cultured follicles can produce wool fibre at comparable rates to those observed in vivo, and that treatment effects can be determined statistically. The observation th...

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Published inWool Technology and Sheep Breeding (Australia) Vol. 40; no. 3
Main Authors Hynd, P.I. (Adelaide Univ., Glen Osmond (Australia). Dept. of Animal Sciences), Winder, L.M. (Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, Canterbury (New Zealand)), Jahoda, C.A.B. (Durham Univ., Durham (United Kingdom). Dept. of Biological Sciences), Bickerstaffe, R. (Lincoln Univ., Canterbury (New Zealand). Biochemistry and Microbiology Dept.)
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LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.1992
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CULTIVO IN VITRO
CULTURE IN VITRO
DESARROLLO EMBRIONARIO
DEVELOPPEMENT EMBRYONNAIRE
LAINE
LANA
OVIN
OVINOS
PRODUCCION DE LANA
PRODUCTION LAINIERE
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Summary:Despite the inexplicably high variation in fibre growth rate in cultured wool follicles, it was demonstrated for the first time that cultured follicles can produce wool fibre at comparable rates to those observed in vivo, and that treatment effects can be determined statistically. The observation that fibre production is maximal in a nutrient medium lacking hormones and FCS suggests that no external growth factors are required, or that production of growth factors is occurring in the follicle bulb cells or dermal papilla cells.
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