Applied Biosystems Inc. (NASDAQ:ABIO) has been granted anexclusive worldwide license that should allow it to provide thecattle industry with the first standardized, automated DNAtyping analysis.

The Foster City, Calif., supplier of automated DNA analysissystems is licensing polymorphic microsatellie markers fromGenmark Inc., a leader in developing a bovine genetic map andidentifying commercially relevent traits, such as milkproduction potential.

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