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    The Jacob is a British breed of domestic sheep. It combines two characteristics unusual in sheep: it is piebald—dark-coloured with areas of white wool—and...
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    ineffective so far. Tay–Sachs disease exists in Jacob sheep. The biochemical mechanism for this disease in the Jacob sheep is virtually identical to that in humans...
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    Polycerate (section Sheep)
    ancient sheep remains dating to c. 6000 BCE from Çatalhöyük in modern Turkey. Polycerate sheep breeds include the Hebridean, Icelandic, Jacob, Manx Loaghtan...
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    flock on account of Jacob. Laban asked what he could pay Jacob. Jacob suggested that all the spotted, speckled, and brown goats and sheep of Laban's flock...
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    many parts of the world, including its native Hebrides. Icelandic sheep Jacob sheep Manx Loaghtan Rare breed (agriculture) Barbara Rischkowsky, Dafydd...
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    Devonshire had an interest in Jacob sheep and kept a flock at Chatsworth House in Derbyshire. When a breed society, the Jacob Sheep Society, was formed in July...
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    Sheep (pl.: sheep) or domestic sheep (Ovis aries) are a domesticated, ruminant mammal typically kept as livestock. Although the term sheep can apply to...
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    exploration geologist Lewis R. Ladwig drilled exploratory holes on the Jacob sheep ranch. He was working for ARCO. He discovered the coal reserves of the...
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  • Jacob (unit), or jow, an obsolete unit of length in India Jacob sheep, a British breed of domestic sheep All pages with titles beginning with Jacob Jacobs...
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    species, there are exceptions such as the four-horned antelope and the Jacob sheep. The unique horn structure is the only unambiguous morphological feature...
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