Karakul Coat Colour/Pattern Traits

Sex Mean SD SE SS Trait Value Location MC
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