@conference {41187,
	title = {The relationship between wool follicle density and fibre diameter is curvilinear},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	volume = {60},
	year = {2000},
	month = {Jan},
	pages = {162-165},
	publisher = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	organization = {New Zealand Society of Animal Production},
	address = {Hamilton},
	abstract = {Records for wool follicle density and wool fibre diameter were obtained from ewes (n = 787) of 13 breeds and lambs (n = 543) of eight breeds and four crossbred combinations. The data were gathered as part of nine separate experiments from seven years. Mean fibre diameter ranged between 14 and 58 {\textmu}m, while follicle density covered the range 6.5 to 95 follicles/mm2. There was a significant curvilinear relationship (P < 0.001) between individual animal means for fibre diameter and follicle density. The relationship was significantly different between ewes and lambs (P< 0.001). Furthermore, the relationship between breed means for density and diameter were compared with equivalent data from literature sources. The relationship was effectively the same for all sources of data (P = 0.455). A restricted range of data could have led some literature sources to suggest a linear relationship! },
	issn = {1176-5283},
	author = {Scobie DR and Young SR}
}
