Table 1 Origin and sample size of the 28 chicken populations

Local

Benin

Atlantique

BEN-Atl

20

1

populations

Littoral

BEN-Lit

10

2

Couffo

BEN-Cou

10

3

Mono

BEN-Mon

10

4

Ouémé

BEN-Oué

8

5

Borgou

BEN-Bor

38

6

Donga

BEN-Don

17

7

Côte

Agnéby

CIV-Agn

18

8

d’Ivoire

Sud-Comoé

CIV-SCo

17

9

Lagunes

CIV-Lag

19

10

Lacs

CIV-Lac

41

11

N’Zi-Comoé

CIV-NCo

22

12

Ghana

Ashanti

GHA-Ash

6

13

Eastern

GHA-Eas

27

14

Western

GHA-Wes

26

15

Northern

GHA-Nor

25

16

Upper-East

GHA-UEa

16

17

Upper-West

GHA-UWe

12

18

Maroc

Meknes

MAR-Mek

45

19

Cameroun

Centre

CAM-Cen

30

20

Est

CAM-Est

5

21

Sud

CAM-Sud

28

22

Ouest/Nord-Ouest

CAM-ONO

22

23

Commercial lines

Broiler

Broiler-sire line-C

BS-C

25

Broiler-sire line-D

BS-D

29

Broiler-dam line-B

BD-B

25

Layer

White egg layer-A

WEL-A

25

Brown egg layer-C

BEL-C

25