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Boniface B. Kayang

PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Professor, University of Ghana Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF BASIC & APPLIED SC.
School / InstituteSCHOOL OF AGRICULTURE
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL SCIENCE
Molecular Animal GeneticsAnimal Biotechnology
Publications

114

Citations

2,388

H-index

27

i10-index

54

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
20.9
Most cited paper
237
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2024
Last updated
16 Sep 2026, 00:36
Publications

114 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
A first‐generation microsatellite linkage map of the Japanese quail
BB Kayang, A Vignal, M Inoue‐Murayama, M Miwa, JL Monvoisin, S Ito, ...
2004 Animal genetics 35 (3), 195-200, 2004 Natural Sciences 237
Application of the WHO keys of safer food to improve food handling practices of food vendors in a poor resource community in Ghana
ES Donkor, BB Kayang, J Quaye, ML Akyeh
2009 International journal of environmental research and public health 6 (11 …, 2009 Health Sciences 149
Microsatellite loci in Japanese quail and cross-species amplification in chicken and guinea fowl
BB Kayang, M Inoue-Murayama, T Hoshi, K Matsuo, H Takahashi, ...
2002 Genetics Selection Evolution 34 (2), 233-253, 2002 Natural Sciences 146
Microsatellite mapping of QTL affecting growth, feed consumption, egg production, tonic immobility and body temperature of Japanese quail
F Minvielle, BB Kayang, M Inoue-Murayama, M Miwa, A Vignal, ...
2005 BMC genomics 6 (1), 87, 2005 Natural Sciences 127
Integrated maps in quail (Coturnix japonica) confirm the high degree of synteny conservation with chicken (Gallus gallus) despite 35 million years of divergence
BB Kayang, V Fillon, M Inoue-Murayama, M Miwa, S Leroux, K Fève, ...
2006 BMC genomics 7 (1), 101, 2006 Natural Sciences 125
Phenotypic characterisation and molecular polymorphism of indigenous poultry populations of the species Gallus gallus of Savannah and Forest ecotypes of Benin
IAK Youssao, PC Tobada, BG Koutinhouin, M Dahouda, ND Idrissou, ...
2010 African Journal of Biotechnology 9 (3), 369-381, 2010 Natural Sciences 76
Whole genome analyses reveal novel genes associated with chicken adaptation to tropical and frigid environments
S Shi, D Shao, L Yang, Q Liang, W Han, Q Xue, L Qu, L Leng, Y Li, ...
2023 Journal of Advanced Research 47, 13-25, 2023 Natural Sciences 72
Gene diversity, agroecological structure and introgression patterns among village chicken populations across North, West and Central Africa
G Leroy, BB Kayang, IAK Youssao, CV Yapi-Gnaoré, R Osei-Amponsah, ...
2012 BMC genetics 13 (1), 34, 2012 Natural Sciences 67
Evidence for introgressive hybridization of wild common quail (Coturnix coturnix) by domesticated Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) in France
O Chazara, F Minvielle, D Roux, B Bed’hom, K Feve, JL Coville, ...
2010 Conservation Genetics 11 (3), 1051-1062, 2010 Natural Sciences 65
Genetic diversity of Forest and Savannah chicken populations of Ghana as estimated by microsatellite markers
R OSEI‐AMPONSAH, BB Kayang, A Naazie, YD Osei, IAK Youssao, ...
2010 Animal science journal 81 (3), 297-303, 2010 Natural Sciences 61
Comparison of growth performance, carcass characteristics and meat quality of Benin indigenous chickens and Label Rouge (T55? SA51)
IAK Youssao, IT Alkoiret, M Dahouda, MN Assogba, ND Idrissou, ...
2012 African Journal of Biotechnology 11 (89), 15569, 2012 Natural Sciences 60
Brief communication. Fifty microsatellite markers for Japanese quail
BB Kayang, M Inoue-Murayama, A Nomura, K Kimura, H Takahashi, ...
2000 Journal of Heredity 91 (6), 502-505, 2000 Social Sciences 60
Age, genotype and sex effects on growth performance of local chickens kept under improved management in Ghana
R Osei-Amponsah, BB Kayang, A Naazie
2012 Tropical Animal Health and Production 44 (1), 29-34, 2012 Social Sciences 59
Diversity and evolution of the highly polymorphic tandem repeat LEI0258 in the chicken MHC-B region
O Chazara, CS Chang, N Bruneau, K Benabdeljelil, JC Fotsa, BB Kayang, ...
2013 Immunogenetics 65 (6), 447-459, 2013 Natural Sciences 54
Strategies to upgrade animal health delivery in village poultry systems: perspectives of stakeholders from northern Ghana and central zones in Tanzania
D Enahoro, A Galiè, Y Abukari, GH Chiwanga, TR Kelly, J Kahamba, ...
2021 Frontiers in Veterinary Science 8, 611357, 2021 Agriculture 52
Phenotypic and genetic parameters for production traits of local chickens in Ghana
R Osei-Amponsah, BB Kayang, A Naazie
2013 Animal Genetic Resources/Resources Génétiques Animales/Recursos Genéticos …, 2013 Natural Sciences 50
Chicken microsatellite primers are not efficient markers for Japanese quail
M Inoue‐Murayama, BB Kayang, K Kimura, H Ide, A Nomura, ...
2001 Animal Genetics 32 (1), 7-11, 2001 Natural Sciences 50
Evaluation of genetic diversity and conservation priorities for Egyptian chickens
S Ramadan, BB Kayang, E Inoue, K Nirasawa, H Hayakawa, S Ito, ...
2012 Open J Anim Sci 2 (3), 183-190, 2012 Natural Sciences 47
Poultry health constraints in smallholder village poultry systems in Northern Ghana and Central Tanzania
EA Ouma, C Kankya, M Dione, T Kelly, D Enahoro, G Chiwanga, ...
2023 Frontiers in Veterinary Science 10, 1159331, 2023 Agriculture 42
Molecular characterization of Newcastle disease viruses isolated from chickens in Tanzania and Ghana
AP da Silva, EJ Aston, GH Chiwanga, A Birakos, AP Muhairwa, ...
2020 Viruses 12 (9), 916, 2020 Natural Sciences 42
Evaluation of models to describe temporal growth in local chickens of Ghana
AR OSEI, BB Kayang, A Naazie, IM Barchia, PF Arthur
2014 IRANIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED ANIMAL SCIENCE 4 (4), 855-861, 2014 Natural Sciences 41
Genetic diversity of helmeted guineafowl (Numida meleagris) based on microsatellite analysis
BB Kayang, I Youssao, E Inoue, A Naazie, H Abe, S Ito, ...
2010 The journal of poultry science 47 (2), 120-124, 2010 Agriculture 39
Search for QTL affecting the shape of the egg laying curve of the Japanese quail
F Minvielle, BB Kayang, M Inoue-Murayama, M Miwa, A Vignal, ...
2006 Bmc Genetics 7 (1), 26, 2006 Natural Sciences 37
Thermophilic degradation of hemicellulose, a critical feedstock in the production of bioenergy and other value-added products
I Cann, GV Pereira, AM Abdel-Hamid, H Kim, D Wefers, BB Kayang, ...
2020 Applied and Environmental Microbiology 86 (7), e02296-19, 2020 Health Sciences 30
Mapping of panda plumage color locus on the microsatellite linkage map of the Japanese quail
M Miwa, M Inoue-Murayama, N Kobayashi, BB Kayang, M Mizutani, ...
2006 BMC genetics 7 (1), 2, 2006 Natural Sciences 29