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65 relations: Accelerator mass spectrometry, Allele, Breed registry, Carbon-12, Carbon-13, Coins of the pound sterling, Copper toxicity, Crofting, Crossbreed, Daily Record (Scotland), Diurnality, DNA, DNA profiling, Domestic sheep reproduction, Dressed weight, Dry stone, Ear tag, European Union, European Union law, Feral, Food and Agriculture Organization, Galápagos Islands, Game (hunting), Gene pool, Google Books, Halotolerance, Historic Scotland, Iodine, Iron Age, Δ13C, Journal of Zoology, List of Scottish breeds, List of sheep breeds, List of United Kingdom food and drink products with protected status, Macrocystis, Marine iguana, Midgarth, Natural selection, Norsemen, North Ronaldsay, North Sea oil, Northern European short-tailed sheep, Orkney, Physiology, Polled livestock, Purebred, Rare Breeds Survival Trust, Ruminant, Scandinavia, Scotland, ..., Scrapie, Sea salt, Seaweed, Selective breeding, Sheep, Sheep shearing, Shetland, Skara Brae, Sodium carbonate, Tide, United Kingdom, University of Liverpool, University of Minnesota, Withers, Wool. Expand index (15 more) »
Accelerator mass spectrometry
Accelerator mass spectrometry (AMS) is a form of mass spectrometry that accelerates ions to extraordinarily high kinetic energies before mass analysis.
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Allele
An allele is a variant form of a given gene.
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Breed registry
A breed registry, also known as a herdbook, studbook or register, in animal husbandry and the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known.
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Carbon-12
Carbon-12 is the more abundant of the two stable isotopes of carbon (Carbon-13 being the other), amounting to 98.93% of the element carbon; its abundance is due to the triple-alpha process by which it is created in stars.
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Carbon-13
Carbon-13 (13C) is a natural, stable isotope of carbon with a nucleus containing six protons and seven neutrons.
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Coins of the pound sterling
The standard circulating coinage of the United Kingdom is denominated in pounds sterling (symbol "£"), and, since the introduction of the two-pound coin in 1994 (to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the Bank of England 1694–1994), ranges in value from one penny to two pounds.
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Copper toxicity
Copper toxicity, also called copperiedus, is a type of metal poisoning caused by an excess of copper in the body.
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Crofting
Crofting is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man.
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Crossbreed
A crossbreed is an organism with purebred parents of two different breeds, varieties, or populations.
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Daily Record (Scotland)
The Daily Record is a Scottish tabloid newspaper based in Glasgow.
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Diurnality
Diurnality is a form of plant or animal behavior characterized by activity during the day, with a period of sleeping, or other inactivity, at night.
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DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a thread-like chain of nucleotides carrying the genetic instructions used in the growth, development, functioning and reproduction of all known living organisms and many viruses.
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DNA profiling
DNA profiling (also called DNA fingerprinting, DNA testing, or DNA typing) is the process of determining an individual's DNA characteristics, which are as unique as fingerprints.
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Domestic sheep reproduction
As with other mammals, domestic sheep reproduction occurs sexually.
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Dressed weight
Dressed weight (also known as dead weight or carcass weight) refers to the weight of an animal after being partially butchered, removing all the internal organs and oftentimes the head as well as inedible (or less desirable) portions of the tail and legs.
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Dry stone
Dry stone, sometimes called drystack or, in Scotland, drystane, is a building method by which structures are constructed from stones without any mortar to bind them together.
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Ear tag
An ear tag is a plastic or metal object used for identification of domestic livestock and other animals.
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European Union
The European Union (EU) is a political and economic union of EUnum member states that are located primarily in Europe.
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European Union law
European Union law is the system of laws operating within the member states of the European Union.
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Feral
A feral animal or plant (from Latin fera, "a wild beast") is one that lives in the wild but is descended from domesticated individuals.
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Food and Agriculture Organization
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO; Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture, Organizzazione delle Nazioni Unite per l'Alimentazione e l'Agricoltura) is a specialized agency of the United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat hunger.
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Galápagos Islands
The Galápagos Islands (official name: Archipiélago de Colón, other Spanish name: Las Islas Galápagos), part of the Republic of Ecuador, are an archipelago of volcanic islands distributed on either side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, west of continental Ecuador.
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Game (hunting)
Game or quarry is any animal hunted for sport or for food.
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Gene pool
The gene pool is the set of all genes, or genetic information, in any population, usually of a particular species.
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Google Books
Google Books (previously known as Google Book Search and Google Print and by its codename Project Ocean) is a service from Google Inc. that searches the full text of books and magazines that Google has scanned, converted to text using optical character recognition (OCR), and stored in its digital database.
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Halotolerance
Halotolerance is the adaptation of living organisms to conditions of high salinity.
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Historic Scotland
Historic Scotland (Alba Aosmhor) was an executive agency of the Scottish Government from 1991 to 2015, responsible for safeguarding Scotland's built heritage, and promoting its understanding and enjoyment.
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Iodine
Iodine is a chemical element with symbol I and atomic number 53.
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Iron Age
The Iron Age is the final epoch of the three-age system, preceded by the Stone Age (Neolithic) and the Bronze Age.
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Δ13C
In geochemistry, paleoclimatology and paleoceanography δ13C (pronounced "delta c thirteen") is an isotopic signature, a measure of the ratio of stable isotopes 13C: 12C, reported in parts per thousand (per mil, ‰).
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Journal of Zoology
The Journal of Zoology is a scientific journal concerning zoology, the study of animals.
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List of Scottish breeds
This is a list of domesticated animal breeds originating from Scotland.
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List of sheep breeds
This is a list of domestic breeds of sheep.
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List of United Kingdom food and drink products with protected status
A number of United Kingdom (and Isle of Man and Channel Islands) food and drink products have been granted Protected Geographical Status under European Union law.
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Macrocystis
Macrocystis is a monospecific genus of kelp (large brown algae).
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Marine iguana
The marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus), also known as the Galápagos marine iguana, is a species of iguana found only on the Galápagos Islands (Ecuador) that has the ability, unique among modern lizards, to forage in the sea, making it a marine reptile.
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Midgarth
Midgarth, also known as the Holm of Midgarth and Linga Holm is an uninhabited Scottish island extending to approximately situated west of Stronsay island in the Orkney archipelago.
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Natural selection
Natural selection is the differential survival and reproduction of individuals due to differences in phenotype.
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Norsemen
Norsemen are a group of Germanic people who inhabited Scandinavia and spoke what is now called the Old Norse language between 800 AD and c. 1300 AD.
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North Ronaldsay
North Ronaldsay is the northernmost island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.
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North Sea oil
North Sea oil is a mixture of hydrocarbons, comprising liquid petroleum and natural gas, produced from petroleum reservoirs beneath the North Sea.
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Northern European short-tailed sheep
Northern European short-tailed sheep are a group of sheep breeds and landraces from the British Isles (including the English Channel), Scandinavia, Greenland and the area around the Baltic.
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Orkney
Orkney (Orkneyjar), also known as the Orkney Islands, is an archipelago in the Northern Isles of Scotland, situated off the north coast of Great Britain.
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Physiology
Physiology is the scientific study of normal mechanisms, and their interactions, which work within a living system.
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Polled livestock
Polled livestock (animals) are livestock without horns in species which are normally horned.
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Purebred
Purebreds, also called purebreeds, are cultivated varieties or cultivars of an animal species, achieved through the process of selective breeding.
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Rare Breeds Survival Trust
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust is a conservation charity whose purpose is to secure the continued existence and viability of the native farm animal genetic resources (FAnGR) of the United Kingdom.
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Ruminant
Ruminants are mammals that are able to acquire nutrients from plant-based food by fermenting it in a specialized stomach prior to digestion, principally through microbial actions.
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Scandinavia
Scandinavia is a region in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural and linguistic ties.
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Scotland
Scotland (Alba) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and covers the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
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Scrapie
Scrapie is a fatal, degenerative disease that affects the nervous systems of sheep and goats.
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Sea salt
Sea salt is a less refined salt that is produced by the evaporation of seawater.
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Seaweed
Seaweed or macroalgae refers to several species of macroscopic, multicellular, marine algae.
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Selective breeding
Selective breeding (also called artificial selection) is the process by which humans use animal breeding and plant breeding to selectively develop particular phenotypic traits (characteristics) by choosing which typically animal or plant males and females will sexually reproduce and have offspring together.
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Sheep
Domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are quadrupedal, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock.
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Sheep shearing
Sheep shearing is the process by which the woollen fleece of a sheep is cut off.
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Shetland
Shetland (Old Norse: Hjaltland), also called the Shetland Islands, is a subarctic archipelago of Scotland that lies northeast of Great Britain.
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Skara Brae
Skara Brae is a stone-built Neolithic settlement, located on the Bay of Skaill on the west coast of Mainland, the largest island in the Orkney archipelago of Scotland.
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Sodium carbonate
Sodium carbonate, Na2CO3, (also known as washing soda, soda ash and soda crystals, and in the monohydrate form as crystal carbonate) is the water-soluble sodium salt of carbonic acid.
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Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth.
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United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.
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University of Liverpool
The University of Liverpool is a public university based in the city of Liverpool, England.
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University of Minnesota
The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities (often referred to as the University of Minnesota, Minnesota, the U of M, UMN, or simply the U) is a public research university in Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota.
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Withers
The withers is the ridge between the shoulder blades of an animal, typically a quadruped.
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Wool
Wool is the textile fiber obtained from sheep and other animals, including cashmere and mohair from goats, qiviut from muskoxen, angora from rabbits, and other types of wool from camelids.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Ronaldsay_sheep
