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Sunrise Thursday: 7 a m.
Map Discussion: High pressure in the Pacific northwest will move the
Pacific front into the Great Basin, while the southern end of the system
slows in response to a low pressure cell in the southwest. The nearly
stationary front from Ohio to Texas will produce overcast skies with
showers and thunderstorms, some of which should produce locally
heavy rainfall from northeast Texas into southern Illinois.
Forecast:
Today. Overcast and mild with intermittent showers and thunderstorms.
There will be a 90 percent chance of rain with a high temperature of 76
degrees and southerly winds of 12 mph, gusting to 20 mph.
Tonight Overcast and continued mild with a 60 percent chance of rain.
The low temperature will be 63 degrees with south winds at 8 to 12 mph.
Turkey Day. Mostly cloudy, mild and a 30 percent chance of rain with
winds easterly at 10 to 15 mph and a high temperature of 73 degrees.
Weather Fact Weather for the Aggie vs. UT game will be mostly cloudy
and mild with a threat of lingering showers. Expect 64 degrees at kickoff
and 58 degrees by the end of the fourth quarter. These temperatures,
combined with the easterly wind of 10 to 15 mph and a chance of
showers, may make a light jacket or raincoat advisable for the game.
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If research done in the animal sci
ence department is successful, gene
manipulation in cattle will be as com
monplace as feeding cattle, a profes
sor in the department said.
“We’re trying to manipulate genes
to manipulate processes critical for
the ovulation of cattle,” Dr. Paul G.
Harms, professor of physiology of
reproduction, said.
Complete control of the ovulation
of cattle would increase the effi
ciency and production of cattle,
Harms said, which would ultimately
benefit the consumer by making
cattle less costly to produce and
drive down the price of beef.
In 1980, Harms published re
search findings that recognized im
portant hormonal patterns influenc
ing a cow’s ovulation.
The next step, he said, is to con
trol the rate and frequency of ovula
tion by manipulating these patterns
with extra genetic material.
The focus of his research involves
the hypothalamus and pituitary
glands, which are located in the
lower part of the cow’s brain.
The hypothalamus controls the
pituitary gland with GnRH, gonado
tropin-releasing hormone. From
there, the pituitary gland controls
ovulation with LH, luteinizing hor
mone, and FSH, follicle-stimulating
hormone.
These glands work together to
stimulate ovulation. The manipula
tion of these hormones can result in
an increased rate of ovulation and
facilitate ovulation in animals that
aren’t ovulating, he said.
“If we could have all our cows
ovulate at a precise time, we coiil K past
artificially inseminate them success Vhen
fully,” Harms said. “Instead of wail leyten
for the cow to be ready, it is tnorf
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manipulation of these ovulatory hot
mones. By using extra geneti
material, we can manipulate not on!
ovulation, but also growth rate ant
animal behavior.”
Harms said additional copies
particular gene, the one that help
control ovulation, for example, at
be injected into the cow at the cow lectric
embryo stage. When the cow mi^cy oi
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production-limiting traits,” he saii ehensi
“Fattening a cow is easier than get as vio
ting it to reproduce.”
Texas is the largest cattle-prodm
ing state in the country, and the el
feet of increased cattle reproductit^^B
could be beneficial to the econom'
Dr. Don Farris, an agricultural eti
nomics professor, said.
“In 1986, beef production
counted for 43 percent of the v
of all Texas agricultural products
Farris said. “The total market
of Texas beef production was $4
billion in 1986. It will probably’
over $5 billion next year.”
Harms also said A&M’s ovulati®
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Texas.
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of a product, but producing it mot
efficiently to sell it at a cheapt
price,” Harms said.
Black parents to request
reprimand for racial skit
PLANO (AP) — A high school
principal Tuesday publicly apol
ogized for racial overtones in a pep-
rally skit, but black parents say they
want stronger action and will take
their request to the school board.
Parents demanded public repri
mands of principal Doyle Dean and
cheerleader sponsor Carolyn Rod-
man.
Instead, they got apologies from
the superintendent and from Dean,
along with the promise to investigate
complaints of racism.
The skit at Friday’s pep rally at
Plano Senior High School featured
three students dressed in black trash
bags with large red lips. The rally
preceeded Plano’s defeat of Roose
velt High School, which is predomi
nantly black.
Dean on Tuesday held four as
semblies to address the school’s
2,700 students, saying the incid ell |
should not have occurred.
“A skit was presented which
inappropriate because of its rad 1
overtones,” Dean said.“I assure f
that I have taken steps to ensure
something of this nature will notf
cur again.”
H. Wayne Hendrick, superintd
dent of Plano Independent Sch»
District, wrote a letter of apolog)
Roosevelt High School and call 1
for appointment of a task force to 11
vestigate any complaints of rad* 11
But he stopped short of reprimai 11
ing Dean or Rodman.
“I have an assurance from
(Dean) that this won’t happ*
again,” Hendrick said.
Angry parents stormed out
meeting with Hendrick Monday
later met, voting to condemn
school’s response.
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