Phenotypic characterization and analysis of genetic diversity between commercial crossbred and indigenous chickens from three different agro-ecological zones using DArT-Seq technology

• Kwaku Adomako ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: adomakokwaku5@gmail.com

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7218-2331

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• Selorm Sovi,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Nutrigenomics Laboratory, Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

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• Bismark Kyei,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Software, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Farm Animal Genetic Resources Exploration and Innovation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, College of Animal Science and Technology, Sichuan Agricultural University, Chengdu, China

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• Jacob Alhassan Hamidu,

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Oscar Simon Olympio,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana

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• Samuel E. Aggrey

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

  Affiliation Nutrigenomics Laboratory, Department of Poultry Science, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7550-1681

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