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Mini Moos: Miniature Cattle Are Cash Cows for Breeder

By Lee SpeigelJan 17th 2011 – 8:00AM
Courtesy of IMCBS

Courtesy of IMCBS

Yes, good things often come in small packages. We brought you a lot of animal stories in 2010, but the year ended in a bang on a Colorado farm with the birth of a rare miniature panda cow. The calf, named Ben, arrived at the farm of Chris Jessen, but Ben's father, a 1,000-pound panda bull, was sold to Jessen by Richard...

Background on genetic manipulation

Genetic engineering, also called genetic modification, is the direct human manipulation of an organism's genome using modern DNA technology.

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