Variability in body weight and morphology of Uganda’s indigenous goat breeds across agroecological zones

• Ziwena Nantongo ,

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

  * E-mail: nantongozuena@gmail.com

  Affiliations Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa, International Livestock Research Institute, Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), Nairobi, Kenya, School of Life Sciences, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania, National Livestock Resources Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Organization, Kampala, Uganda

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2550-7671

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• Morris Agaba ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Morris Agaba, Josephine Birungi

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania

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• Gabriel Shirima ,

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GS and LM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania

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• Swidiq Mugerwa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Livestock Resources Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Organization, Kampala, Uganda

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• Stephen Opiyo,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Molecular and Cellular Imaging Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

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• Raphael Mrode,

  Roles Methodology, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa, International Livestock Research Institute, Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Josephine Birungi ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Morris Agaba, Josephine Birungi

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biosciences Eastern and Central Africa, International Livestock Research Institute, Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers (CGIAR), Nairobi, Kenya

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• Linus Munishi

  Roles Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ GS and LM also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation School of Life Sciences, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Arusha, Tanzania

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