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Scientists Encourage Greater Genetic Diversity in Livestock

Jun 28, 2023

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Video: Scientists Encourage Greater Genetic Diversity in Livestock

When Penn State scientists dug into the family trees of North America’s Holstein herd and found that 99.75 percent of modern-day Holstein bulls were descended from two born in the 1880s, it raised concerns about too little genetic diversity in livestock.