Research to Breed More Climate-Friendly Cattle Selected for PLOS Genetics Research Prize (IMAGE)

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Research to Breed More Climate-Friendly Cattle Selected for PLOS Genetics Research Prize

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Animal genetics control the composition of the microbial community and thus methane emissions to a substantial extent with equal ranking of sire progeny groups within diet.

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SRUC, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK, with additions by Rainer Roehe and colleagues.

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