February 2020

GFSKLYFamide-like neuropeptide is expressed in the female gonad of the sea cucumber, Holothuria scabra

Neuropeptides are mediators of neuronal signalling, controlling a wide range of physiological processes that cut across many organisms. GFSKLYFamide is a neuropeptide that belongs to the Echinoderm SALMFamide group of peptides. This study was aimed at determining the expression of GFSKLYFamide-like neuropeptide in the female gonad of the sea cucumber Holothuria scabra. Ten female H. scabra weighing between 62 and 175 g...

Author(s): Ajayi Abayomi and Amedu Nathaniel O.,  

February 2020

Phenotypic variations of indigenous sheep breed ecotypes of Ethiopia: A review

Updated result of the phenotypic characterization and description of the indigenous sheep population was reviewed. The reviewed paper used reporting and tabulating published descriptive phenotypic information on Ethiopian breeds with the aim of dissemination of relevant information for the beneficiaries. The original sheep breed types in Ethiopia that migrated from South West Asia to Africa and then to Ethiopia were the...

Author(s): Weldeyesus Gebreyowhens Berhe