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Genetically Engineering Sheep for Larger, Stronger Hindquarters

Posted by chrisd on from the baaby-got-baack dept.

baldingbobo writes "Duke and Agriculture department scientists are reporting that they have discovered an elusive, mutated gene that causes certain sheep to have unusually big and muscular bottoms. The discovery is especially exciting, said the researchers, because the unusual gene has evaded all the traditional means of detection for nearly a decade. They've been searching for this advance for nearly a decade.There are photos available as well."

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  1. without looking... by rodentia · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I nominate this article for gratuitous goatse.cx bait of the year.

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  2. The rate of evolution evolved for good reason by DrSkwid · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't know what that reason is, and never will because it doesn't work like that.

    Killing for food carries a moral price that I'm not prepared to pay.

    Killing for food doesn't only kill the food.

    I'd rather not consume the rotting corpses of the dead thanks.

    YMMV

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