Timeline for Could you breed livestock with structurally colored wool?
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| Feb 16 at 19:24 | comment | added | D'Monlord | @Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine - so, did anyone made a cloth out of them? Remember, you need to "unequivocally prove" its possible. | |
| Feb 16 at 19:23 | comment | added | D'Monlord | @all the "here are science paper" folks. The tag is changed from "hard science" to "science based" and it means: "For questions that require plausible (better than suspension-of-disbelief) answers based on Real World science that are not necessarily constrained to the known limits of Real World science. Contrast with the hard-science, science-fiction and internal-consistency tags". So, if you still want to "unequivocal prove" that it can be done with articles and formulas - you are very welcome to write your own answer. I can use some laugh. | |
| Feb 16 at 19:20 | history | edited | jdunlop | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Feb 16 at 17:23 | comment | added | Peter LeFanu Lumsdaine | Many ducks (including the familiar mallards) have structural coloration in a brightly coloured patch on their wing (the speculum) — and they live happily in muddy ponds and streams. So some structural coloration can tolerate plenty of water and dirt, and at least a bit of mechanical force. | |
| Feb 16 at 10:43 | comment | added | Pelinore | Here's a science illustrated article that also mentions their structurally coloured fur to further confirm that. | |
| Feb 16 at 10:34 | comment | added | Pelinore | You might also note that the Golden Mole is noted as having structurally coloured fur in that wikipedia link on structural colour, as evidence that it's definitely possible to have in the fur, hair and wool of mammals. | |
| Feb 16 at 10:26 | comment | added | Pelinore | "to see what they're doing" > strong enough to be able to see differences in width, shape and structure of individual filaments of hair (wool) in individual animals so they can selectively breed for the incremental changes required. | |
| Feb 16 at 9:54 | comment | added | Pelinore | Here just throw these in, structural coloration, selective breeding, all he wants is to change the physical shape of individual hair filaments making up wool, presuming his magic microscopes are strong enough to be able to see what they're doing it self evidently can be done in far less than the allotted time, we've made more significant changes to pigeons and other animals in far less. | |
| Feb 16 at 9:26 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | read the entire sentence, without stopping at the coma: equations, empirical evidence, scientific papers, other citations, etc. | |
| Feb 16 at 9:14 | comment | added | D'Monlord | @L.Dutch - feel free to add any real criticism about the answer - mistakes or wrong assumptions. Also I very much want to know about the formulas which cover the question of selectively breeding species with wool with structural coloration. I didn't realize it was such a well researched area and burning with curiosity. Links please. | |
| Feb 16 at 8:56 | comment | added | D'Monlord | @L.Dutch - equations? In biology? "What if" question about peculiar mutations and selective breeding has to have equations? Good luck with that. | |
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| Feb 16 at 8:37 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | All answers to this question should be backed up by equations, empirical evidence, scientific papers, other citations, etc. Answers that do not satisfy this requirement might be removed. | |
| Feb 16 at 8:18 | history | answered | D'Monlord | CC BY-SA 4.0 |