Can you have your beef and eat it too? ARS research brings healthful--and tender--beef to your table. From: Agricultural Research | Date: July 1, 2004| Author: Elstein, David; Peabody, Erin | COPYRIGHT 2004 U.S. Government Printing Office. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

More than a century ago, European ranchers produced beefy, well-muscled cattle through selective breeding--without understanding how or why their genetic tinkering worked. In the 1990s, several Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, after years of searching for the reason, helped pinpoint a major gene in cattle responsible for boosting muscle size and leanness.

Since then, ARS researchers have added to their understanding of this gene, which codes for the protei...

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