Livestock Genomics for Developing Countries – African Examples in Practice

In conclusion, genomic applications are currently benefiting African livestock systems in a variety of ways, including on genetic improvement and more broadly, such as assisting in system characterization. This has emerged relatively recently, largely within the last 5 years. The expectation for the future is that African livestock systems will increasingly benefit from genomics, particularly if the various issues constraining this (as discussed in this paper) are addressed. The rate at which this will occur will large depend on the level of investment in African livestock genetic improvement. Author Contributions KM and JG were the main authors of the manuscript, with information on the case studies supplied by JG, OM, RM: Kenya dairy cattle and East Africa dairy cattle, KM: Senegal dairy cattle, TG: Ethiopia sheep, SK: trypanosome resistant cattle, AH: Ethiopia small ruminants, and JM: other initiatives on genomic variant discovery. Conflict of Interest Statement The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest. The reviewer GM declared a past co-authorship with several of the authors TG, AH, and OM to the handling Editor. Acknowledgments In relation to the case studies, We gratefully acknowledge the funders of the work, and our numerous partners both within and outside Africa, and particularly the national agricultural research systems and the w...
Source: Frontiers in Genetics - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: research