It is interesting to note that despite both variants A andC appearing to have an effect on MFD, the nature of effectsobserved for these two variants appear to be different. Themodels suggest that variant A has a dominant effect, whilevariant C has a recessive effect. The reason for this is un-known, and it may simply once again reflect bias from thesmaller number of CC goats, but it could favour the produc-tion of finer cashmere fibres, should A be selected for.