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There is a diversity of breeds - and therefore a diversity of genetic traits - to choose from for domestic sheep farming. This provides the opportunity to select for important traits within breeds and to combine breed characteristics and heterosis for the dramatic gains in efficiency that can come from crossbreeding.

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