This project is about understanding development of the skin , growth of wool fibres and formation of a fleece. It is entirely sheep oriented.

The document diamlen.pdf is a discussion document intended as a medium for setting research directions on the topic of what controls variation in fibre diameter between individual fibres within a fleece.

The subdirectory compoundfoll contains an analysis of the effect of secondary follicle bundle size on mean fibre diameter.

An understanding of how a sheep grows a fleece, of how various visually different fleece types occur, and whether one can infer backwards from fleece appearance to skin traits and fibre growth characteristics. This understanding is important in visual assessment of sheep, where measurement is neither practical nor economic.