Karakul Coat Colour/Pattern Traits
Sex | Mean | SD | SE | SS | Trait Value | Location | MC |
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Overall | Colour variable: grey preferred, with black next. Mixed colours are not liked in the pelt trade. Homozygous grey is lethal. Coat of coarse wool in adult: the skin of the newborn lamb varies in texture and is the pelt of commerce. | Unspecified-1402883412, Niger | |||||
Overall | Karakul lambs have a dark brown to black coat. This becomes whiter and lighter at maturity, probably as a result of the coarse fibers it contains growing longer and covering the down dark fibers. | Karagul, Turkey |