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NAGP Popular Press Articlesheadline bar Most U.S. Dairy Cows are Descended From Just 2 Bulls. That's Not Good. NPR, Oct. 19, 2019 https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/17/770696476/most-u-s-dairy-cows-are-descended-from-just-2-bulls-thats-not-good  Protecting Food Animal Gene Pool Essential Feedstuffs, Sept. 30, 2019 https://www.feedstuffs.com/news/protecting-food-animal-gene-pool-essential  How Scientists Safeguard Almost a Million Vials of Frozen Animal Semen Atlas Obscura, Sept. 6, 2019 https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/united-states-livestock-gene-bank  From Two Bulls, 9 Million Dairy Cows Undark, June 19, 2019 https://undark.org/article/cows-holstein-diversity/  The Ocean's First Fertility Clinic Great Big Story, April 2019 https://www.greatbigstory.com/stories/the-brave-coral-sperm?storylist_type=season&storylist_id=102  Preserving Livestock Genetic Diversity Mother Earth News, Oct/Nov 2018 https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/livestock/preserving-livestock-genetic-diversity-zm0z18onzsphe  Holsteins Born at Penn State to Improve Genetic Diversity are 'Udderly' Amazing Penn State News, May 21, 2018 http://news.psu.edu/story/522505/2018/05/21/science-and-technology/holsteins-born-penn-state-improve-genetic-diversity  This Colorado Vault is Keeping Your Favorite Foods From Going Extinct The New Food Economy, March 5, 2018 https://newfoodeconomy.org/seed-banks-biodiversity-preservation/  America Has a Bacon Problem: Our Pigs Aren't Fat Enough Wall Street Journal, July 28, 2017 https://www.wsj.com/articles/another-problem-with-america-our-skinny-pigs-make-lousy-bacon-1501256000?mg=prod/accounts-wsj (subscription required) (PDF)  Arks of the ApocalypseThe New York Times Magazine, July 13, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/13/magazine/seed-vault-extinction-banks-arks-of-the-apocalypse.html?action=click&contentCollection=magazine®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=8&pgtype=sectionfront   Recovering Lost Genetic Diversity in Holsteins is Focus of Professors' ResearchPenn State News, May 8, 2017 http://news.psu.edu/story/467412/2017/05/08/research/recovering-lost-genetic-diversity-holsteins-focus-professors   The Investment Bank 5280 Magazine, May 2017 http://www.5280.com/2017/04/the-investment-bank/(PDF)   Saving the Animals AgResearch Magazine, March 2016 http://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/2016/mar/animals/   New Bee Germplasm CollectionAgResearch Magazine, January 2016 http://agresearchmag.ars.usda.gov/2016/jan/bees/   America's Seed Bank: Our Food Supply's Last Line of DefenseCNN, August 25, 2015 http://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/americas-seed-bank-our-food-supplys-last-line-of-defense/vp-BBm3K7R   How "Meat Banks" Are Helping Farmers Preserve Precious LivestockSmithsonian Magazine, June 1, 2015 http://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-meat-banks-are-helping-farmers-preserve-precious-livestock-180955465/?no-ist   Genetic Structure of Goat Breeds from Brazil and the United States: Implications for Conservation and Breeding ProgramsCarvalho et al., Journal of Animal Science, to be published, 2015 Supplemental Material 1, Allele Frequencies of 23 Microsatellite Loci Genotyped in 10 Goat Breeds from US and Brazil (PDF)   These Animals Might Go Extinct Because No One Wants To Eat ThemNPR, April 24, 2015 http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2015/04/24/401965111/these-animals-might-go-extinct-because-no-one-wants-to-eat-them?utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20150427&utm_campaign=npr_email_a_friend&utm_term=storyshare   Holstein Lineages Trace Back To Two BullsHoard's Dairyman, March 25, 2015 Holstein Lineages Trace Back to Two Bulls (PDF)  Uma Arca de Noe do BrasilFronteiras Da Genetica Uma Arca de Noe do Brasil (in Portuguese) (PDF)   Southern Section American Society of Animal ScienceGenetic Diversity in Small Ruminants - Implications for Production and Profitability SymposiumFeb. 1, 2015 Dan WaldronAssessment of Small Ruminant Genetic Diversity: Selection Approaches, Gene Bank Use, and Areas of Needed Progress (PDF) Joan BurkeEmerging Climate Change Issues: Health x Forage x Genetic Interactions (PDF) Penny RiggsHow Might Small Ruminant Industries Utilize Genomic Tools? RNAseq and Juniper Utilization (PDF) Alison MartinImproving Competitiveness of Endangered Breeds (PDF) Phillip Purdy and Stephan WildeusEmerging Reproductive Techniques that Enhance Genetic Resource Use (PDF)  Status of Genetic Diversity of U.S. Dairy Goat Breeds (PDF)Dairy Goat Journal, Jan/Feb 2015   Throwing A Lifeline To A One-Time Arab Science PowerScience, Jan. 16, 2015 http://www.sciencemag.org/content/347/6219/223.full.pdf   Colorado Farmer Works To Ensure Diversity In Rare Sheep BreedKVNF radio, Dec. 12, 2014 http://kvnf.org/post/colorado-farmer-works-ensure-diversity-rare-sheep-breed


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