Skip to main content
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Slideshare
  • Flickr
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest

International Livestock Research Institute

Menu
  • People
  • News
  • Events
  • Supporters
  • Jobs
  • Contact us
  • Subscribe
  • About
  • Research
    • Research
      • Research themes
        • Environment
        • Food
        • Gender
        • Health
        • Prosperity
      • Research programs
        • Animal and human health
        • Feed and forage development
        • Livestock genetics
        • Policies, institutions and livelihoods
        • Sustainable livestock systems
        • Impact at scale
        • BecA-ILRI Hub
      • CGIAR research programs
      • Capacity development
      • Research compliance
      • Research support
      • Research facilities
        • Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health
        • ILRI Genebank
        • Kapiti Research Station
        • Mazingira Centre
        • One Health centre
        • Poultry facility
        • The CGIAR AMR Hub
        • Tick Unit
      • Projects
  • Where we work
    • Where we work
      • West Africa
      • Eastern and Southern Africa
      • South Asia
      • East and Southeast Asia
  • Outcomes
  • Publications
  1. Home
  2. Publications
  3. A mini-atlas of gene expression for the domestic goat (Capra hircus)

A mini-atlas of gene expression for the domestic goat (Capra hircus)

Published

2019

Status

Open Access

Language

en

ILRI Programs

  • Livestock genetics
  • BecA-ILRI hub
Journal Article
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/106334

Citation

Muriuki, C., Bush, S.J., Salavati, M., McCulloch, M.E.B., Lisowski, Z.M., Agaba, M., Djikeng, A., Hume, D.A. and Clark, E.L. 2019. A mini-atlas of gene expression for the domestic goat (Capra hircus). Frontiers in Genetics 10:1080.

Tags

  • animal breeding
  • breeds
  • genetics
  • goats
  • small ruminants

Author(s)

  • Muriuki, C.
  • Bush, S.J.
  • Salavati, M.
  • McCulloch, M.E.B.
  • Lisowski, Z.M.
  • Agaba, Morris
  • Djikeng, Appolinaire
  • Hume, D.A.
  • Clark, E.L.

Related publications

Journal Article
Published2020

Genetic diversity, population structure and runs of homozygosity in Ethiopian short fat-tailed and Awassi sheep breeds using genome-wide 50k SNP markers

  • animal breeding
  • indigenous breeds
  • livestock
  • research
  • sheep
  • small ruminants
Journal Article
Published2019

The maternal origin of indigenous domestic chicken from the Middle East, the north and the horn of Africa

  • animal breeding
  • breeds
  • chickens
  • indigenous breeds
  • poultry
Extension Material
Published2019

Reproduction and breeding management

  • animal breeding
  • animal production
  • cattle
  • dairying
  • livestock
more publications

Related News

ILRI News
20 Oct 2020

Excursions of a biochemical kind: ILRI hosts CUNY–Regeneron ‘power couple’ working to improve the health of African cattle and COVID-19 patients

Written by Susan MacMillan and Ekta Patel ILRI’s cloned Boran bull named ‘Tumaini’ (photo credit: ILRI/Susan MacMillan) . Part 1 For two months at the start of this year, Jayne Raper, a professor of biological sciences at the City University of New York’s Hunter College (CUNY), in Manhattan, took a...

  • Ekta PatelBioscience Communications Manager
  • animal breeding
  • animal health
  • biotechnology
  • communications
  • disease control
  • trypanosomiasis
ILRI clippings
03 Oct 2020

‘Genomic time travel’ for better African cattle—New paper describes a ‘rich mosaic of traits’ and an ‘evolutionary jolt’

Scientists from ILRI, Korea and other partners have discovered a new set of genetic markers in African cattle that signal beneficial characteristics, with a view to harnessing them for future generations. ‘In a multi-national collaborative effort, scientists have announced the discovery of a new...

  • Susan MacMillanTeam Leader, Communications, Awareness and Advocacy
  • animal breeding
  • biodiversity
  • breeds
  • cattle
  • genetics
  • indigenous breeds
  • pro-poor livestock
  • resilience
AVCD program blog
30 Jun 2020

Private sector embedded extension model sustains field activities during COVID-19 pandemic

Measuring weight of animal to determine appropriate dosage for ECF vaccine and dewormer in Muhoroni subcounty, Kisumu County, Kenya (photo credit: AVCD Dairy). Update from the dairy component of the AVCD program In the last three months (April- June), the dairy component of the Accelerated Value...

  • Muthoni Njiru
  • animal breeding
  • animal feeding
  • animal production
  • dairying
  • livestock
  • extension

Related Projects

Completed
Nov 2015Dec 2018

Strengthening the Capacity of African Countries to Conservation and Sustainable Utilization of African Animal Genetic Resources

  • animal breeding
  • genetics
  • indigenous breeds
  • livestock
Active

Improving village chicken protection to elevate the livelihoods of poor people in Ethiopia

Chickens are the only affordable livestock for the poor and improving their production level can improve the livelihood of the village farmers, and thus serve as a stepping stone out of extreme poverty. Production levels of indigenous chicken can be improved by organised breeding A participatory...

  • animal breeding
  • indigenous breeds
  • poultry
Completed
Jan 2009Dec 2013

Breeding strategies for conservation and sustainable use of livestock genetic resources in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • animal breeding
  • biodiversity
  • indigenous breeds
better lives through livestock

ILRI Kenya

PO Box 30709
Nairobi 00100, Kenya

  • +254-20 422 3000
  • +254-20 422 3001
  • ILRI-Kenya@cgiar.org

ILRI Ethiopia

PO Box 5689
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

  • +251-11 617 2000
  • +251-11 617 2001
  • ILRI-Ethiopia@cgiar.org

Get Involved

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Slideshare
  • Flickr
  • Youtube
  • LinkedIn
  • Pinterest

Stay updated

  • news.ilri.org
  • clippings.ilri.org
  • livestock.cgiar.org

ILRI thanks all donors and organizations that globally support its work through their contributions to the CGIAR Trust Fund.

  • Copyright and permissions
  • © 2021 International Livestock Research Institute
  • Creative commons