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Sheila C. Ommeh
Researcher at Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
Publications - 54
Citations - 897
Sheila C. Ommeh is an academic researcher from Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Genetic diversity. The author has an hindex of 12, co-authored 46 publications receiving 726 citations. Previous affiliations of Sheila C. Ommeh include International Livestock Research Institute & Wellcome Trust.
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Genome sequence of the tsetse fly (Glossina morsitans ): Vector of African trypanosomiasis
Junichi Watanabe,Masahira Hattori,Matthew Berriman,Michael J. Lehane,Neil Hall,Neil Hall,Philippe Solano,Serap Aksoy,Winston Hide,Winston Hide,Yeya T. Touré,Geoffrey M. Attardo,Alistair C. Darby,Atsushi Toyoda,Christiane Hertz-Fowler,Denis M. Larkin,James Cotton,Mandy Sanders,Martin T. Swain,Michael A. Quail,Noboru Inoue,Sophie Ravel,Todd D. Taylor,Tulika P. Srivastava,Vineet K. Sharma,Wesley C. Warren,Richard K. Wilson,Yutaka Suzuki,Daniel Lawson,Daniel S.T. Hughes,Karyn Megy,Daniel K. Masiga,Paul O. Mireji,Immo A. Hansen,Jan Van Den Abbeele,Joshua B. Benoit,Joshua B. Benoit,Kostas Bourtzis,Kostas Bourtzis,Kostas Bourtzis,George F. Obiero,George F. Obiero,Hugh M. Robertson,Jeffery W. Jones,Jing-Jiang Zhou,Linda M. Field,Markus Friedrich,Steven G. Nyanjom,Erich Loza Telleria,Guy Caljon,José M. C. Ribeiro,Alvaro Acosta-Serrano,Cher-Pheng Ooi,Clair Rose,David P. Price,Lee R. Haines,Alan Christoffels,Cheolho Sim,Daphne Q.-D. Pham,David L. Denlinger,Dawn L. Geiser,Irene Omedo,Joy J. Winzerling,Justin T. Peyton,Kevin K. Marucha,Mario Jonas,Megan E. Meuti,Neil D. Rawlings,Qirui Zhang,Rosaline W. Macharia,Rosaline W. Macharia,Veronika Michalkova,Veronika Michalkova,Zahra Jalali Sefid Dashti,Aaron A. Baumann,Gerd Gäde,Heather G. Marco,Jelle Caers,Liliane Schoofs,Michael A. Riehle,Wanqi Hu,Zhijian Tu,Aaron M. Tarone,Anna R. Malacrida,Caleb K. Kibet,Francesca Scolari,J.J.O. Koekemoer,Judith H. Willis,Ludvik M. Gomulski,Marco Falchetto,Maxwell J. Scott,Shuhua Fu,Sing-Hoi Sze,Thiago Luiz,Brian L. Weiss,Deirdre Walshe,Jingwen Wang,Mark Wamalwa,Mark Wamalwa,Sarah Mwangi,Urvashi N. Ramphul,Anna K. Snyder,Corey L. Brelsfoard,Gavin H. Thomas,George Tsiamis,Peter Arensburger,Rita V. M. Rio,Sandy J. Macdonald,Sumir Panji,Sumir Panji,Adele Kruger,Alia Benkahla,Apollo Simon Peter Balyeidhusa,Atway R. Msangi,Chinyere K. Okoro,Dawn Stephens,Eleanor J Stanley,Feziwe Mpondo,Florence N. Wamwiri,Furaha Mramba,Geoffrey H. Siwo,George Githinji,Gordon William Harkins,Grace Murilla,Heikki Lehväslaiho,Imna I. Malele,Joanna E. Auma,Johnson Kinyua,Johnson O. Ouma,Loyce M. Okedi,Lucien Manga,Martin Aslett,Mathurin Koffi,Michael W. Gaunt,Mmule Makgamathe,Nicola Mulder,Oliver Manangwa,Patrick P. Abila,Patrick Wincker,Richard Gregory,Rosemary Bateta,Ryuichi Sakate,Sheila C. Ommeh,Stella Lehane,Tadashi Imanishi,Victor Chukwudi Osamor,Yoshihiro Kawahara,Yoshihiro Kawahara +147 more
TL;DR: The sequence and annotation of the 366-megabase Glossina mors Titans morsitans genome are described, providing a foundation for research into trypanosomiasis prevention and yield important insights with broad implications for multiple aspects of tsetse biology.
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Third Report on Chicken Genes and Chromosomes 2015.
Michael Schmid,Jacqueline Smith,David W. Burt,Bronwen Aken,Parker B. Antin,Alan Archibald,Christopher M. Ashwell,Perry J. Blackshear,Clarissa Boschiero,C. Titus Brown,Shane C. Burgess,Hans H. Cheng,William Chow,Derrick Coble,Amanda M. Cooksey,Richard P. M. A. Crooijmans,Joana Damas,Richard V. N. Davis,Dirk-Jan de Koning,Mary E. Delany,Thomas Derrien,Takele T Desta,Ian C. Dunn,Matthew Dunn,Hans Ellegren,Lel Eory,Ionas Erb,Marta Farré,Mario Fasold,Damarius S. Fleming,Paul Flicek,Katie E. Fowler,Laure Fresard,David P. Froman,Valerie Garceau,Paul P. Gardner,Almas Gheyas,Darren K. Griffin,Martien A. M. Groenen,Thomas Haaf,Olivier Hanotte,Alan Hart,Julien Häsler,S. Blair Hedges,Jana Hertel,Kerstin Howe,Allen Hubbard,David A. Hume,Peter K. Kaiser,Darek Kedra,Stephen J. Kemp,Christophe Klopp,Kalmia E. Kniel,Richard Kuo,Sandrine Lagarrigue,Susan J. Lamont,Denis M. Larkin,Raman Akinyanju Lawal,Sarah M. Markland,Fiona M. McCarthy,Heather McCormack,Marla C. McPherson,Akira Motegi,Stefan A. Muljo,Andrea Münsterberg,Rishi Nag,I. Nanda,Michael S. Neuberger,Anne Nitsche,Cedric Notredame,Harry Noyes,Rebecca E. O’Connor,Elizabeth A. O'Hare,Andrew J. Oler,Sheila C. Ommeh,Helio Pais,Michael E. Persia,Frédérique Pitel,Likit Preeyanon,Pablo Prieto Barja,Elizabeth M. Pritchett,Douglas D. Rhoads,Charmaine M. Robinson,Michael N Romanov,Max F. Rothschild,Pierre-François Roux,Carl J. Schmidt,Alisa Sophia Schneider,Matthew G. Schwartz,Matthew G. Schwartz,Steve Searle,Michael A. Skinner,Craig A. Smith,Peter F. Stadler,Tammy E. Steeves,Claus Steinlein,Liang Sun,Minoru Takata,Igor Ulitsky,Qing Wang,Ying Wang,Wesley C. Warren,Jonathan Wood,David Wragg,Huaijun Zhou +104 more
TL;DR: The most recent advances in avian cytogenetics have culminated in great promise not only for the study of bird karyotypes, but also for providing insight into the mechanisms of chromosome evolution in general as discussed by the authors.
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Ten Simple Rules for Organizing a Virtual Conference—Anywhere
Nelson N. Gichora,Segun Fatumo,Mtakai Vald Ngara,Mtakai Vald Ngara,Noura Chelbat,Kavisha Ramdayal,Kenneth Opap,Geoffrey H. Siwo,Marion O. Adebiyi,Amina El Gonnouni,Denis Zofou,Amal A. M. Maurady,Ezekiel Adebiyi,Etienne P. de Villiers,Daniel K. Masiga,Jeffrey W. Bizzaro,Prashanth Suravajhala,Sheila C. Ommeh,Winston Hide,Winston Hide +19 more
TL;DR: This paper presents a meta-analyses of the tree-like structure of the Higgs boson, a type of bacterium, which has been studied in detail in the context of agriculture and its role in infectious disease.
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Mitochondrial DNA origin of indigenous malagasy chicken.
Hanta Razafindraibe,Victor A. Mobegi,Sheila C. Ommeh,Rakotondravao,Gro Bjørnstad,Olivier Hanotte,Han Jianlin +6 more
TL;DR: The mitochondrial DNA characterization of 77 indigenous chickens from Madagascar revealed two mtDNA haplogroups, suggesting a dual geographic and genetic origin for the indigenous Malagasy chickens.
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Downregulation of transcription factor aflR in Aspergillus flavus confers reduction to aflatoxin accumulation in transgenic maize with alteration of host plant architecture
Joel Masanga,Joel Masanga,Jonathan Matheka,Rasha Adam Omer,Sheila C. Ommeh,E. O. Monda,Amos Alakonya +6 more
TL;DR: Success of host-induced gene silencing in downregulation of aflatoxin biosynthesis in Aspergillus flavusinfecting maize transformed with a hairpin construct targeting transcription factoraflR is reported.