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New Ultrastructural Features in the Wool Follicle

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A STUDY of wool follicles from the New Zealand Romney sheep has revealed several ultrastructural features not previously reported. Here I describe briefly the occurrence of nuclear pockets, polysomes in helical array and microtubules, observed with a Philips EM 300 electron microscope.

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ORWIN, D. New Ultrastructural Features in the Wool Follicle. Nature 223, 401–403 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223401b0

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