Dr Christopher Adenyo

Senior Research Fellow

contact info

CAdenyo@ug.edu.gh

About

Specialization: 

Animal genetics: Genetic marker development,

Genetic diversity, DNA barcoding, Molecular characterization

 

Research focus:

  • Genetic marker development for native livestock species. 

Genetic polymorphisms influencing traits of economic importance

Education

Research Areas

Research focus:

  • Genetic marker development for native livestock species. 

Genetic polymorphisms influencing traits of economic importance

Publications

PUBLICATIONS

 

  1. Niimura Y, Biswa BB, Kishida T, Toyoda A, Fujiwara K, Ito M, Touhara K, Inoue-Murayama M, Jenkins SH, Adenyo C and Kayang BB (2024). Synchronized expansion and contraction of olfactory, vomeronasal, and taste receptor gene families in Hystricomorph rodents. Molecular Biology and Evolution, 41(4): p.msae071.

    https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msae071

  2. Ahiagbe KMJ, Adenyo C, Murayama M, Amuzu-Aweh EN, Bonney P, Naazie A, Kayang BB (2023). Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Insulin-like Growth Factor 2 (IGF2) gene from indigenous guinea fowls (Numida meleagris) of Northern Ghana. Animal Gene, 27: 200139. 

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.angen.2022.200139

  3. Ahiagbe KMJ, Amuzu-Aweh EN, Bonney P, Nyameasem JK, Avornyo FK, Adenyo C, Amoah KO, Naazie A, Kayang BB (2021). Comparison of early growth and survivability in indigenous guinea fowls from Northern Ghana. Tropical Animal Health and Production, 53(1): 1-17. 

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11250-020-02510-4

  4. Adenyo C, Dery TSS, Ogden R, Murayama M, Kayang BB (2020). Grasscutter rearing and meat processing; A manual. Grasscutter Initiative for Rural Transformation, Accra. Pp 42. ISBN:978-9988-3-0950-3. 

  5. Dery TSS, Adenyo C, Kayang BB, Inoue-Murayama M (2020). Assessment of feed resources, management practices and mitigating strategies to feed scarcity in grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) production in north-western Ghana. African Study Monographs, 40(4): 149 – 172.

    https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/250113

  6. Adenyo C, Ohya K, Qiu Y, Takashima Y, Ogawa H, Matsumoto T, Thu MJ, Sato K, Kawabata H, Katayama Y, Omatsu T, Mizutani T, Fukushi H, Katakura K, Nonaka N, Inoue-Murayama M, Kayang B, Nakao R (2020). Bacterial and protozoan pathogens/symbionts in ticks infecting wild grasscutters Thryonomys swinderianus in Ghana. Acta Tropica, 205: 105388.

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actatropica.2020.105388

  7. Kawasaki K, Ohya K, Omatsu T, Katayama Y, Takashima Y, Kinoshita T, Odoi JO, Sawai K, Fukushi H, Ogawa H, Inoue-Murayama M, Mizutani T, Adenyo C, Matsumoto Y, Kayang B (2020). Comparative Analysis of Fecal Microbiota in Grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) and Other Herbivorous Livestock in Ghana. Microorganisms, 8(2): 265.

    https://doi.org/10.3390/microorganisms8020265

  8. Appiah-Kwarteng C, Saito T, Toda N, Kitoh K, Nishikawa Y, Adenyo C, Kayang B, Owusu EO, Ohya K, Inoue-Murayama M, Kawahara F, Nagamune K, Takashima Y (2019). Native SAG1 in Toxoplasma gondii lysates is superior to recombinant SAG1 for serodiagnosis of T. gondii infections in chickens. Parasitology International, 69: 114 – 120. 

    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.parint.2019.01.001

  9. Adenyo C, Kayang BB, Inoue-Murayama M (2018). Glutamine repeat polymorphism in the exon 1 of androgen receptor gene in grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus). African Study Monographs, 39(4): 159 – 168. 

    https://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/236669

  10. Adenyo C, Kayang BB, Owusu EH, Inoue E, Inoue-Murayama M (2017). Genetic diversity of grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus) in Ghana based on microsatellite markers. West African Journal of Applied Ecology, 25(2): 1 – 15. 

    https://www.ajol.info/index.php/wajae/article/view/164710

  11. Adenyo C, Ogden R, Kayang B, Onuma M, Nakajima N, Inoue-Murayama M (2016). Genome-wide DNA markers to support genetic management for domestication and commercial production in a large rodent, the Ghanaian grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus). Animal Genetics, 48(1): 113-115.

    https://doi.org/10.1111/age.12478

  12. Ayizanga RA, Kayang BB, Adomako K, Adenyo C, Inoue-Murayama M and Asamoah L (2016). Genetic diversity of some Ghanaian pigs based on microsatellite markers. Livestock Research for Rural Development, 28: Article #24. 

    www.lrrd.cipav.org.co/lrrd28/2/ayiz28024.html

  13. Sato H, Adenyo C, Harata T, Nanami S, Itoh A, Takahata Y, and Inoue-Murayama M (2014). Isolation and characterization of microsatellite loci for a large-seeded tree Protorhus deflexa (Anacardiaceae). Applications in Plant Sciences, 2(1): 1300046.

    https://doi.org/10.3732/apps.1300046

  14. Botchway PK, Adenyo C, Kayang BB, Hayano A, Inoue-Murayama M (2013). Development of 31 polymorphic microsatellite markers for guinea fowl (Numida meleagris). Conservation Genetics Resources, 5: 1163 - 1165.

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12686-013-9991-8

  15. Sato H, Adenyo C, Harata T, Nanami S, Itoh A, Takahata Y, Inoue-Murayama M (2013). Development of microsatellite markers for Astrotrichilia asterotricha (Meliaceae), an endemic tree in Madagascar by using next-generation sequencing technology. Conservation Genetics Resources, 5: 959 - 961.

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12686-013-9943-3

  16. Akomo-Okoue EF, Inoue E, Adenyo C, Hayano A, Inoue-Murayama M (2013). Development of microsatellite markers for blue duikers (Cephalophus monticola) using next-generation sequencing and cross-amplification in other duikers. Conservation Genetics Resources, 5: 779 - 781.

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12686-013-9906-8

  17. Adenyo C, Hayano A, Kayang BB, Owusu EH, Inoue-Murayama M (2013). Mitochondrial D-loop diversity of grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus, RODENTIA, HYSTRICOMORPHA) in Ghana. Open Journal of Animal Sciences, 3: 145 - 153.

     DOI:10.4236/ojas.2013.33022 

  18. Adenyo C, Hayano A, Inoue E, Kayang BB, Inoue-Murayama M (2012). Development of microsatellite markers for grasscutter (Thryonomys swinderianus, RODENTIA) using next-generation sequencing technology. Conservation Genetics Resources, 4(4): 1011 - 1014.

    https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12686-012-9695-5

 

 

MEMBERSHIP OF SCIENTIFIC AND PROFESSIONAL BODIES

 

2021 to present            Member, Ghana Animal Science Association

2020 to present           Member, Ghana Society of Animal Production

2016 - 2022                 Member, International Society for Animal Genetics 

2013 – 2014                Member, Japan Society of Mammalogy

2012 – 2014                Member, Ecological Society of Japan

2011 -  2014               Member, Japanese Society of Animal Breeding and Genetics