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Livestock research. Conceptual image of domesticated pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) marked with bar codes. This represents the tracking of individual pigs for research purposes. The domesticated pig is reared for its meat. Bar codes are a machine-readable method of tagging and identifying products and objects. This image could represent genetically modified pigs. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/VICTOR DE SCHWANBERG)