/ cow genomics Content for 51吃瓜黑料 Davis en /food/news/placeholder-cow-story <p>Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have successfully produced a bull calf, named Cosmo, who was genome-edited as an embryo so that he鈥檒l produce more male offspring. The research was presented in a poster today (July 23) at the American Society of Animal Science meeting.</p> July 23, 2020 - 10:00am Amy M Quinton /food/news/placeholder-cow-story /news/uc-davis-lead-national-cow-genomics-effort <p>The cattle industry is the largest agricultural commodity in the United States, generating more than $100 billion in farm cash receipts in 2016. Despite cattle鈥檚 economic importance, scientists still have a long way to go to fully understand mechanisms that govern important genetic traits in the animals such as growth and disease resistance.</p> June 21, 2018 - 12:14pm Amy M Quinton /news/uc-davis-lead-national-cow-genomics-effort