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    SSSPM J1549−-3544 Is Not a White Dwarf

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    Spectroscopy and photometry demonstrate that SSSPM J1549−-3544 is not a cool white dwarf but a high velocity metal-poor halo star.Comment: 8 pages, 1 figure, 2 tables, accepted to ApJ Letter

    Selection for Intramuscular Fat in Duroc Swine – An Update

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    Long-term progress or improvement in many economically important traits is ultimately the responsibility of the seedstock supplier. If selection progress is to be made in traits of economic importance, the trait must: 1) be accurately measurable, 2) show sufficient heritability, and 3) display an adequate level of variation. For such reasons, tremendous progress has been made in the swine industry toward increasing lean meat percentage over the past quarter century. However, in more recent years, meat quality traits have received more attention and have become more important in breeding programs as producers and processors try to meet consumer demands for high quality, nutritious products
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