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Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2002 16:10:16 -0700

On Tuesday, July 23, 2002, at 03:49 PM, Luis Villa wrote:

> It's quite a bit more than natural selection; the times had a
> fascinating article a few months back (possibly posted as bits here)
> that note that one Holstein bull who died in the 70s is paternally
> related to something like 40% of the world's cattle. That's way, way
> more than natural selection, and (given the difficulty and expense of
> isolating specific genes for size, industrial-living-ness, etc.) more
> expansive than raw gene manipulation will be for some time.

http://www.absglobal.com/

They know bull semen, and the burger you ate at lunch may have had its 
sire's contribution to its genetics purchased through them.

My ex-wife worked in their lab for a year while I was in gradual school. 
We had boxes of masking tape from ABS pre-printed with the names and 
serial numbers of 'decomissioned' bulls.

They are also known for the hideous puns on their sign just outside of 
Madison on I90/94. But the puns haven't been any good since the secretary 
who first wrote them retired.

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