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Red Poll cows
Red Poll cow and calf.
© J.C. Allen and Son
Thoroughbred stallion
Thoroughbred stallion with dark bay coat.
© Scott Smudsky
The mouse at bottom is heterozygous with a mutant gene that gives it a spotted tail....
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Black Angus bull
The Black Angus breed is popular for its tender, marbled meat.
Henry Elder/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
sow and piglets
Female pigs can have as many as 20 piglets in a litter. China holds the record for...
© Corbis
German Shepherd dog
German Shepherd dog.
© Sally Anne Thompson/Animal Photography
Holstein-Friesian cow
Holstein-Friesian cow.
Henry Elder/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Duroc breed
Duroc boar.
Grant Heilman Photography
The arrangement of nucleotide bases within DNA
DNA structure, showing the nucleotide bases cytosine (C), thymine (T), adenine (A),...
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