Genetic Underpinnings Of Sheep Traits May Yield Clues To Greater Productivity
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 - 22:35
in Biology & Nature
Keeping America's sheep healthy and productive while expanding the market for wool and lamb is the goal of scientists who are matching the animals' physical traits to the genes that underpin their expression.
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