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Published online 13 May 2003 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news030512-2
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No-shrink sheep to be bred
Geneticists turn their attention to knitwear.
Genetics could soon end our struggle to keep knitwear from shrinking and cut down on the chemicals used in wool manufacturing, new research suggests.
Fibres from certain sheep retain their length, separation and shape more than twice as well as others, scientists at the Commonwealth Scientific & Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) in Wembley, Western Australia, have discovered.
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