He in fact switched from one mode of breeding that did not work to another and even invented and patented a device to cut down on feed waste.

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Researchers also work on refining the breeding, processing and taste of the all-important tomato.

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With a little work and sequencing directed breeding, perhaps we could have our fill of four-leaf clovers.

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Prophylactic drugs work by stopping it breeding after it gets in.

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Anti-retrovirals, or ARVs, as the drugs used to treat AIDS are known, work by stopping HIV from breeding.

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Extensive repair work cannot take place immediately due to the badger breeding season, which lasts until about June.

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The worldwide success of the Irish thoroughbred-breeding and racing sector is down to the excellence of our horses and the people who work with them.

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It might help, argues Mr Condy, if zoos like his tried harder to raise money for conservation work by, for example, accepting more sponsorship, opening more restaurants, and breeding parrots and other exotic pets for sale.

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After three days of Senate hearings on Anthony Lake's nomination to be the next director of central intelligence (DCI), a variation on the old adage "familiarity breeds contempt" seems at work: Senators' increasing familiarity with Tony Lake's contempt for Congress is breeding opposition to his controversial candidacy -- including, it would appear, among some expected to support it.

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Critics of this work say that modern genetic engineering is not an extension of the "traditional" methods of breeding.

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