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The short-legged Ancon sheep is descended from a mutant ram discovered in Dover, Massachusetts in 1791. Why did this mutation become established?
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The short-legged Ancon sheep is descended from a mutant ram discovered in Dover, Massachusetts in 1791. Why did this mutation become established?

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The Ancon sheep was bred by humans because ranchers did not need to build high fences to contain it.

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