Genotypic and phenotypic characterisation of three local chicken ecotypes of Ghana based on principal component analysis and body measurements

• Princess K. Botchway ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Princess K. Botchway, Esinam N. Amuzu-Aweh, Perot Saelao, Ying Wang

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

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Esinam N. Amuzu-Aweh ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Princess K. Botchway, Esinam N. Amuzu-Aweh, Perot Saelao, Ying Wang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Validation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Augustine Naazie ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• George K. Aning ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Hope R. Otsyina ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana

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• Perot Saelao ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Princess K. Botchway, Esinam N. Amuzu-Aweh, Perot Saelao, Ying Wang

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Validation

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Ying Wang ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Princess K. Botchway, Esinam N. Amuzu-Aweh, Perot Saelao, Ying Wang

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Supervision

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Huaijun Zhou ,

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

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Jack C. M. Dekkers ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

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• Sue J. Lamont ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3974-4050

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• Rodrigo A. Gallardo ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Terra R. Kelly ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, One Health Institute, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• David Bunn ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America, Department of Animal Science, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

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• Boniface B. Kayang

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

  * E-mail: bbkayang@ug.edu.gh

  ¶‡ AN, GKA, HRO, HZ, JCMD, SJL, RAG, TRK, DB and BBK also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliations Department of Animal Science, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana, USAID Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry, University of California, Davis, CA, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7803-3679

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