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10/96--Allan Schinckel, professor of animal science at Purdue, is leading a study on hogs to determine if chronic disease causes a "genetic shift" that slows growth. The findings may apply to other mammals, including humans, and help explain why people today are bigger than people who lived 100 years ago. Click on photo to download a (308k) JPEG photo. Black & white print, electronic transmission, and Web or ftp download available from Purdue News Service, (765) 494-2096. The story accompanying this photograph can be seen by clicking this link to the Schinckel/Growth (Purdue Agricultural Communication photo by Michael Gibson.)

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