Adopting genomic tools for breeding indigenous sheep under semi-arid lands

Edwin Oyieng, Melissa Marr, Emily Clark, Winfred Sila and Julie M.K. Ojango
Adopting genomic tools for breeding indigenous sheep under semi-arid lands

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Evaluate the growth, reproduction and survival of the Red Maasai and its crosses to the Dorper sheep.


Generate a high-quality reference genome assembly for the Red Maasai sheep, from a trio of animals (an ewe, ram and their fetuses) from the sheep flock at ILRI Kapiti ranch.

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