1 SequAna Core Facility, Department of Biology, University of Konstanz, Konstanz, Germany.
2 Genetic Department, Faculty of Agriculture, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
3 Department of Cell Biology and Genetics, University of Lagos, Lagos, Nigeria.
4 Biotechnology Unit, Department of Biological Sciences, Elizade University, Ilara-Mokin, Nigeria.
5 A.P. Leventis Ornithological Research Institute, University of Jos, Jos, Nigeria.
6 Vertebrate Genome Lab, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA.
7 Mohammed V University in Rabat, Rabat, Morocco.
8 African Sustainable Agriculture Research Institute, Mohammed VI Polytechnic University, Laâyoune, Morocco.
9 Rutgers University, School of Graduate Studies, Newark, NJ, USA.
10 Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
11 Laboratoire Campus de Biotechnologies Végétales, Département de Biologie Végétale, Faculté des Sciences et Techniques, Université Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Sénégal.
12 Department of Parasitology and Entomology, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria.
13 Finima Nature Park, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
14 Department of Isotope Biogeochemistry, Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research-UFZ, Leipzig, Germany.
15 Department of Agriculture, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
16 Bioinformatics Lab, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
17 Laboratory of Transmission, Control and Immunobiology of Infections, Pasteur Institute of Tunis, Tunis, Tunisia.
18 University of Tunis El Manar, University Campus Farhat Hached, Tunis, Tunisia.
19 Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK.
20 Genomics Research Center, AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, USA.
21 International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya.
22 Biotechnology Research Unit, CRRA-Rabat, National Institute of Agricultural Research, Rabat, Morocco.
23 Bioinformatics Center, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
24 Department of Plant Science and Biotechnology, Federal University of Lafia, Lafia, Nigeria.
25 Department of Horticulture, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
26 Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
27 Inqaba Biotec, Menlo Park, Pretoria, South Africa.
28 Digital Technologies Department, University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius.
29 School of Life Science, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK.
30 Department of Microbial, Cellular and Molecular Biology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
31 University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
32 Computational Biology Division, Department of Integrative Biomedical Sciences, IDM, CIDRI Africa Wellcome Trust Centre, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
33 Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
34 Pan African University Institute for Basic Sciences Technology and Innovation, Nairobi, Kenya.
35 Department of Crop Sciences and Biotechnology, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju, South Korea.
36 South African National Biodiversity Institute, Claremont, Cape Town, South Africa.
37 Centre for Ecological Genomics and Wildlife Conservation, University of Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa.
38 Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa.
39 Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Nairobi, Kenya. awmuigai@yahoo.co.uk.
40 National Defense University-Kenya, Nakuru, Kenya. awmuigai@yahoo.co.uk.
41 Centre for Tropical Livestock Genetics and Health, Roslin Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. appolinaire.djikeng@ed.ac.uk.
42 International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya. appolinaire.djikeng@ed.ac.uk.
43 Department of Agriculture and Animal Health, University of South Africa, Florida, South Africa. appolinaire.djikeng@ed.ac.uk.
44 European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), Cambridge, UK. thankgod1980@yahoo.co.uk.
45 Early Cancer Institute, Department of Oncology, School of Clinical Medicine, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK. thankgod1980@yahoo.co.uk.