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A note on the failure of thyroxine to restore wool growth to inactive follicles
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 September 2010
Summary
Two experiments were carried out in which subcutaneous implants of thyroxine pellets were made into Soay sheep in autumn after the wool follicles had become inactive. This hormonal treatment failed to restore wool growth or to shorten the winter period of follicle inactivity.
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