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Raphael Mrode
Affiliation : International Livestock Research Institute
- 44Publications (affiliation in Kenya)
Research profile
Raphael Mrode has 44 indexed publications (2015–2025). Their work appears mainly in “Frontiers in Genetics”, “Journal of Dairy Science” and “animal”. Their most cited article, “Genomic Selection and Use of Molecular Tools in Breeding Programs for Indigenous and Crossbred Cattle in Developing Countries: Current Statu” (2019), has been cited 125 times. 17 of these publications date from the last three years of activity. Their work is co-authored with at least 12 researchers, including institutions in Tanzania, Germany, France, United Kingdom.
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- Genetic Relationships Among Resilience, Fertility and Milk Production Traits in Crossbred Dairy Cows Performing in Sub‐Saharan Africa
- Lamb survival and ewe longevity in a crossbreeding program between indigenous and exotic sheep in semi-arid lands
- Manure Management Systems and Factors Influencing Biogas Technology Adoption Among Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Northen Tanzania
- Single-step genome-wide association study of milk somatic cell scores across multi-cattle breeds in Ethiopia
- Heat Stress Effects on Physiological and Milk Yield Traits of Lactating Holstein Friesian Crossbreds Reared in Tanga Region, Tanzania
- Genetic analysis of phenotypic indicators for heat tolerance in crossbred dairy cattle
- Variability in body weight and morphology of Uganda’s indigenous goat breeds across agroecological zones
- Evaluating reproduction traits in a crossbreeding program between indigenous and exotic sheep in semi-arid lands
- Genetic diversity, population structure and kinship relationships highlight the environmental influence on Uganda’s indigenous goat populations
- Assessment of Genomic Diversity and Selective Pressures in Crossbred Dairy Cattle of Pakistan
- Heat stress effects on milk yield traits and metabolites and mitigation strategies for dairy cattle breeds reared in tropical and sub-tropical countries
- Genes and models for estimating genetic parameters for heat tolerance in dairy cattle
- Enhancing individual animal resilience to environmental disturbances to address low productivity in dairy cattle performing in sub-Saharan Africa
- Linear Models for the Prediction of the Genetic Merit of Animals
- Comparative Genomic Analysis of Warthog and Sus Scrofa Identifies Adaptive Genes Associated with African Swine Fever
- Potential for quantifying general environmental resilience of dairy cattle in sub-Saharan Africa using deviations in milk yield
- Livestock phenomics and genetic evaluation approaches in Africa: current state and future perspectives
- Functionally prioritised whole-genome sequence variants improve the accuracy of genomic prediction for heat tolerance
- Characterizing Management Practices in High- and Average-Performing Smallholder Dairy Farms under Contrasting Environmental Stresses in Tanzania
- A Random Regression Model Based on a Single-Step Method for Improving the Genomic Prediction Accuracy of Residual Feed Intake in Pigs
- Genomic prediction of crossbred dairy cattle in Tanzania: A route to productivity gains in smallholder dairy systems
- Genetic parameters and genetic trends for growth traits of the Red Maasai sheep and its crosses to Dorper sheep under extensive production system in Kenya
- Genomic evaluations using data recorded on smallholder dairy farms in low- to middle-income countries
- Evaluation of live-body weight and the number of eggs produced for introduced and local chickens in Ethiopia
- Evaluating the impact of heat stress as measured by temperature-humidity index (THI) on test-day milk yield of small holder dairy cattle in a sub-Sahara African climate
- Phenomics and its potential impact on livestock development in low-income countries: innovative applications of emerging related digital technology
- Ancestral Haplotype Mapping for GWAS and Detection of Signatures of Selection in Admixed Dairy Cattle of Kenya
- Joint genetic analysis for dairy cattle performance across countries in sub-Saharan Africa
- Genomic Selection and Use of Molecular Tools in Breeding Programs for Indigenous and Crossbred Cattle in Developing Countries: Current Status and Future Prospects
- Livestock Genomics for Developing Countries – African Examples in Practice
- Genetic evaluation of test-day milk yields from smallholder dairy production systems in Kenya using genomic relationships
- Performance Evaluation of Highly Admixed Tanzanian Smallholder Dairy Cattle Using SNP Derived Kinship Matrix
- Genome-wide diversity and demographic dynamics of Cameroon goats and their divergence from east African, north African, and Asian conspecifics
- Signatures of Selection in Admixed Dairy Cattle in Tanzania
- Invited review: Genomic selection for small ruminants in developed countries: how applicable for the rest of the world?
- The feasibility of using low-density marker panels for genotype imputation and genomic prediction of crossbred dairy cattle of East Africa
- Eigen decomposition expedites longitudinal genome-wide association studies for milk production traits in Chinese Holstein
- Quantitative proteome analysis of bovine mammary gland reveals protein dynamic changes involved in peak and late lactation stages
- Characterization of genome-wide segmental duplications reveals a common genomic feature of association with immunity among domestic animals
- Pseudopregnancy and aseasonal breeding in dairy goats: genetic basis of fertility and impact on lifetime productivity
- Genetic parameters of linear conformation type traits and their relationship with milk yield throughout lactation in mixed-breed dairy goats
- Short communication: Genomic selection in a crossbred cattle population using data from the Dairy Genetics East Africa Project
- Incorporating the single-step strategy into a random regression model to enhance genomic prediction of longitudinal traits
- Estimation of genomic breeding values for milk yield in UK dairy goats
Publication venues
- Frontiers in Genetics × 10
- Journal of Dairy Science × 6
- animal × 4
- Small Ruminant Research × 2
- PLoS ONE × 2
- Genetics Selection Evolution × 2
Publications per year
- 20254
- 20246
- 20237
- 20223
- 20214
- 20204
- 20195
- 20184
- 20173
- 20163
Collaborations
Partner institutions : CGIAR · University of Hohenheim · University of Nairobi · Egerton University · Southern African Centre for Infectious Disease Surveillance
Co-authors’ countries : Tanzania · Germany · France · United Kingdom
Co-authors
- Julie M.K. Ojango
- Chinyere Charlotte Ekine-Dzivenu
- A.M. Okeyo
- Okeyo Ally Mwai
- Gebregziabher Gebreyohanes
- Richard Dooso Oloo
- Edwin P. Oyieng
- Josephine Birungi
- Vincent Habimana
- Mwai A. Okeyo
- Tadelle Dessie
- Appolinaire Djikeng
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