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Graduate Assistant
Email: csumukwo@chuka.ac.ke
Faculty of Agriculture and Environmental Studies
Department of Animal Sciences
FIELD OF SPECIALIZATION
Animal Breeding and Genomics
WORK EXPERIENCE
September 2019 – date: Graduate Assistant, Chuka University
EDUCATION
MSc in Animal Breeding and Genomics (on-going)
Bachelor of Animal Science in Animal Science
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
Chesang, S., Muasya, T.K., & Ngeno, K. (2019). Predictions of Indigenous Chicken Phenotypes from Genotypes: Comparison between Machine Learning and conventional Linear Models. The Authentic Knowledge: African Journal of Pure and Applied Science Research, 1:8-14
KEY RESEARCH PROJECTS
2018- 2019 Prediction of indigenous chicken breeding values and performance using machine learning
RESEARCH INTEREST
Integration of machine learning in animal breeding as a statistical model
Genomics selection