Matthew McClure, PhD Analyzes Genotypic Data to Determine Cattle’s Breeding Potential For lead geneticist Dr. Matthew McClure, of the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF, www.icbf.com), fi nding a software program that could handle massive amounts of data as well as more than the standard twenty-three pairs of chromosomes found in humans was a challenge. McClure says, “Agriculture often feels like the black sheep of the genomics industry. The majority of current genetic analysis programs are written for humans and do not know what to do with those extra chromosomes found in animals and plants. ” McClure grew up around the farming and agricultural industries. Before he attended University of Missouri – Columbia for a bachelor’s degree in Biochemistry, he and his family

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