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MetaMorphix helps companies improve meat quality
Life sciences company MetaMorphix Inc., Savage, Md., has joined with two well-known food and agriculture companies to help improve the quality of meat.

The company, working with Cargill Inc., Minneapolis, Minn., recently completed the first whole cattle genome association study and developed tools that could identify cattle that meet consumer demands for quality meat products. Using cattle from two Cargill business units—Caprock Cattle…