This comic book is aimed at primary aged children and features Zuri, a cow living in an African village who makes the creamiest milk in all the land. The story follows Zuri on her quest to learn how genetics can help her have daughters that produce enough milk to feed all the children in her vill...
Ethiopia is endowed with huge traditional sheep populations spread across diverse ecology and production systems. We investigate genome-wide genetic diversity and population structure of eight Ethiopian Sheep populations genotyped with Illumina Ovine 50K SNP BeadChip assay. Mean genetic diversity...
Agraw, A.A.
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Gurja, B.
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Yao, Kouadio N.
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Kyalo, M.
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Dessie, Tadelle
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Kebede, A.
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Tesfaye, G.
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Domelevo Entfellner, Jean-Baka
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Zewdu, E.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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Getinet, M.T.
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[Genome-wide Insights of Ethiopian indigenous sheep populations reveal the population structure adheres to tail morphology than phylogeography]
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Genome-wide Insights of Ethiopian indigenous sheep populations reveal the population structure adheres to tail morphology than phylogeography
Muturu cattle, mostly found nowadays in Nigeria, have been classified as an endangered cattle population due to the rapid decline in their population size. They are among the shorthorn West African B. taurus trypanotolerance cattle. Here, we report candidate signature of positive selection obtain...
Tijjani, A.
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Utsunomiya, Yuri Tani
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Oyekanmi Nash, O.
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Hanotte, Olivier H.
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[Whole genome sequence-based genetic characterization of Muturu, an endangered trypanotolerant population of West African Bos Taurus]
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Whole genome sequence-based genetic characterization of Muturu, an endangered trypanotolerant population of West African Bos Taurus
The study was conducted in Kafta humera district of Ethiopia, (i) to investigate the milk yield of Begait goat under different management and (ii) to evaluate the effects of different non-genetic factors on lactation performance. Data were collected from 428 lactating does under two managements (...
Abraham, H.
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Gizaw, Solomon
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Urge, M.
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[Milk production performance of Begait Goat under semi intensive and extensive management in Western Tigray, North Ethiopia]
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Milk production performance of Begait Goat under semi intensive and extensive management in Western Tigray, North Ethiopia
Mora Benard, María Alejandra
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Mena Urbina, Martin A.
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Corrales, Roldan
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Hoek, Rein van der
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Ojango, Julie M.K.
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[The silent cattle breeders in central Nicaragua]
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The silent cattle breeders in central Nicaragua
Maass, Brigitte L.
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Makila, Ethel
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[Proceedings of the International Cavies Symposium, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 6-8 July 2016]
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Proceedings of the International Cavies Symposium, Yaoundé, Cameroon, 6-8 July 2016
This study was undertaken to determine the genetic structure, relationship and genetic diversity among 18 populations of goats from sub-Saharan Africa including Uganda (4), Tanzania (5), Kenya (2), Mozambique (2), Nigeria (3), Mali (1) and Guinea Bissau (1) using 11 microsatellite markers. Hetero...
Muema, E.K.
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[Genetic diversity and relationship of indigenous goats of sub-saharan Africa using microsatellite DNA markers.]
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Genetic diversity and relationship of indigenous goats of sub-saharan Africa using microsatellite DNA markers.
The indigenous cattle populations of Eastern Africa are vital tr the subsistence and economic development of the region, providing essential food products, sustaining the employment and income of millions of East Africans living in the rural areas, and providing manure as well as draft power used...
Okomo, M.A.
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[Characterisation of the genetic diversity of East African cattle breeds using microsatellite DNA markers.]
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Characterisation of the genetic diversity of East African cattle breeds using microsatellite DNA markers.
Knowledge of the genetic diversity is a prerequisite for better utilization of any genetic resource. However, such information is lacking for the indigenous African chicken. Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) displacement (D)-loop sequences were used to study the genetic diversity, genetic differentiation...
Mobegi, V.A.
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[Genetic characterization of African chicken using mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences.]
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Genetic characterization of African chicken using mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequences.