About the Authors

Triza Tonui

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Biosciences eastern and central Africa—International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, City Square, Nairobi, Kenya

Pilar Corredor-Moreno

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biosciences eastern and central Africa—International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, Kenya, John Innes Centre, Norwich Research Park, Colney Lane, Norwich, United Kingdom

Esther Kanduma

Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

Joyce Njuguna

Roles Formal analysis, Software, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Biosciences eastern and central Africa—International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, Kenya

Moses N. Njahira

Roles Methodology

Affiliations Biosciences eastern and central Africa—International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, Kenya, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), Nairobi, Kenya

Steven G. Nyanjom

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, City Square, Nairobi, Kenya

Joana C. Silva

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, United States of America

Appolinaire Djikeng

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Biosciences eastern and central Africa—International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, Kenya, Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, The Roslin Institute and Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies, The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Roger Pelle

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

r.pelle@cgiar.org

Affiliation Biosciences eastern and central Africa—International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.