1. Department of biotechnology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University , 050040, Almaty , Kazakhstan
2. Kazakh Research Institute of Livestock and Fodder Production , 050035, Almaty , Kazakhstan
3. UMR SELMET, CIRAD-ES, Campus international de Baillarguet , Montpellier , France
4. FAO Office for North Africa , Tunis , Tunisia