Source: Tom Whipple, GENETIC LITERACY PROJECT, 1/29/18


Give a man a fish, and he will eat for a day. Give a man a hybrid supercow with the udders of a heifer and the ruggedness of Masai cattle, and he will eat cheese for a lifetime. Or a cow’s lifetime at least. That is why Bill Gates is investing in British research to improve livestock health and yield — so cows can make more milk for longer. In particular, he is funding studies that will help to create cows with the genes for the bumper milk production of a northern European heifer but also an African cow’s ability to survive...

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