Three students of University of Ilorin have done the institution great. Three of them, Yusuf Opeyemi Akinkunmi, Abubakar Ibraheem Atolagbe and Owolabi Peter Ayodele of the Department of Animal Production, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ilorin, won travel grants worth $2,500 each from the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG).
Dr Sola-Ojo Foluke Eunice stated that an aspect of the student project won the award for presentation during conference and the students were celebrated during the opening ceremony.
Two of the awardees, Yusuf Opeyemi Akinkunmi and Abubakar Ibraheem Atolagbe, are Ph.D students while the third, Owolabi Peter Ayodele, is a newly graduating student.
Akinkunmi’s award winning abstract is entitled ‘Genetic Diversity and Relationship between Nigerian Muscovy Duck Populations Using the Mitochondria Cytochrome b gene’, while Atolagbe’s abstract is entitled ‘Genetic Diversity in Nigeria Laughing Dove Population Using the Mitochondria Cytochrome C Oxidase gene’. Ayodele’s abstract is entitled, ‘Characterization of Chicken Strains in Isin Local Government Area of Kwara State Based on their Phenotypic Parameters, Blood Protein Polymorphism and 18s Mitochondria Genes’.
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