Population genomics of Nigerian goat breeds and neighbouring populations in the West Africa–Cameroon transboundary livestock corridor

• Oludayo Michael Akinsola,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

  Affiliations Department of Theriogenology and Production, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria, Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal, India

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• Olusegun Olaniyi Adeniyi,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6726-1262

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• Oladeji Bamidele,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, Kings University, Odeomu, Nigeria, People, Policies and Institutions (PPI) Program, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Oluyinka Opoola,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization

  Affiliations Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health (CTLGH), Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Systems (GAAFS) and the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (RDSVS), University of Edinburgh, Easter Bush Campus, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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• David Oludare Omoniwa,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Visualization

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria

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• Abdulmojeed Yakubu,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria

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• Chitra Ramasamy,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal, India

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• Malarmathi Muthusamy,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Genetics and Breeding, Veterinary College and Research Institute, TANUVAS, Namakkal, India

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3279-3810

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• Aranganoor Kannan Thiruvenkadan,

  Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation College of Poultry Production and Management, TANUVAS, Hosur, India

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• Abdulraheem Arome Musa

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Software, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: musa@fbn-dummerstorf.de

  Affiliation Research Institute for Farm Animal Biology (FBN), Dummerstorf, Germany

  https://orcid.org/0009-0001-7100-9139

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