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Francesca Bertolini

Associate Professor

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Academic discipline: AGRI-09/A Livestock Systems, Animal Breeding and Genetics

Publications

Bertolini, Francesca; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Bovo, Samuele; Ribani, Anisa; Gallo, Maurizio; Fontanesi, Luca, Monitoring allele frequency trends associated with resistance to relevant diseases in Italian heavy pig breeds over the last three decades, in: Abstract book for the 19th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals (ICPD2025), 2025, pp. 27 - 27 (atti di: 19th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals (ICPD2025), Leuven (Belgium), 8-11 July, 2025) [Abstract]

Bertolini, F.; Munarini, F.; Schiavo, G.; Bovo, S.; Dall’Olio, S.; Maranzani, J.; Bonacini, M.; Fontanesi, L., Placing Varzese-Ottonese-Tortonese dual-purpose cattle breed in the genetic landscape of cattle genetic resources, in: Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2025, pp. 413 - 413 (atti di: 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Innsbruck, Austria, 25 - 29 August, 2025) [Abstract]

Bovo, S.; Ribani, A.; Taurisano, V.; Schiavo, G.; Bolner, M.; Bertolini, F.; Fontanesi, L., Population genomics from a food matrix: estimating csd variability using next generation sequencing on Apis mellifera DNA present in honey, in: Book of Abstracts of the 1st EAAP Workshop on Insect genetic improvement, implementation, impact, EAAP European Federation of Animal Science, 2025, 35, pp. 16 - 16 (atti di: EAAP Workshop on Insect Genetic Improvement, Implementation, Impact, Athens (Greece), 29-31 January 2025) [Abstract]

Schiavo, G.; Bovo, S.; Bertolini, F.; Bolner, M.; Ribani, A.; Taurisano, V.; Dall'Olio, S.; Maranzani, J.; Bonacini, M.; Fontanesi, L., Population genomics in Reggiana cattle to manage diversity within and across farms, in: Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2025, pp. 332 - 332 (atti di: 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Innsbruck, Austria, 25 - 29 August, 2025) [Abstract]

Bovo, Samuele; Carneiro, Miguel; Ribani, Anisa; Bolner, Matteo; Taurisano, Valeria; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Schiavitto, Michele; Bertolini, Francesca; Fontanesi, Luca, Signatures of selection detected from whole‐genome sequencing indicate that the small body size in dwarf rabbit breeds is caused by polygenic effects with a few major loci, «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2025, 56, Article number: e70025 , pp. 1 - 14 [Scientific article]Open Access

Schiavo, Giuseppina; Bovo, Samuele; Bertolini, Francesca; Bolner, Matteo; Dall'Olio, Stefania; Ribani, Anisa; Taurisano, Valeria; Maranzani, Jessica; Fontanesi, Luca, Sustainable breeding and conservation of an autochthonous cattle breed: managing undesirable alleles and inbreeding in the Reggiana population, in: Abstract book for the 19th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals (ICPD2025), 2025, pp. 21 - 21 (atti di: 19th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals (ICPD2025), Leuven (Belgium), 8-11 July, 2025) [Abstract]

Bolner, Matteo; Ribani, Anisa; Bovo, Samuele; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Taurisano, Valeria; Bertolini, Francesca; Dall'Olio, Stefania; Vegni, Jacopo; Zambonelli, Paolo; Gallo, Maurizio; Fontanesi, Luca, The pig metabolome modifications under heat-stress conditions: towards the description of physiological mechanisms in pig genetic resources, in: Abstract book for the 19th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals (ICPD2025), 2025, pp. 24 - 24 (atti di: 19th International Conference on Production Diseases in Farm Animals (ICPD2025), Leuven (Belgium), 8-11 July, 2025) [Abstract]

Bovo, S.; Bolner, M.; Lewis, C.; Holl, J.; Valente, B.; Schiavo, G.; Bertolini, F.; Fontanesi, L., Untargeted metabolomics describes genetic factors that influence pig metabolism for adaptation traits in a Duroc line, in: Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2025, pp. 308 - 308 (atti di: 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Innsbruck, Austria, 25 - 29 August, 2025) [Abstract]

Bolner, M.; Bovo, S.; Ballan, M.; Schiavo, G.; Taurisano, V.; Ribani, A.; Bertolini, F.; Fontanesi, L., A comprehensive atlas of nuclear sequences of mitochondrial origin (NUMT) inserted into the pig genome, «GENETICS SELECTION EVOLUTION», 2024, 56, Article number: 64 , pp. 1 - 27 [Scientific article]Open Access

G. Schiavo, S. Bovo, F. Bertolini, A. Ribani, V. Taurisano, S. Dall'Olio, M. Bonacini, L. Fontanesi, A genomic-based approach to redefine herd book information in two local cattle breeds., in: Book of Abstracts of the 75rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2024, pp. 295 - 295 (atti di: 75rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), Florence, 1-5 September 2024) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Stefania Dall’Olio, Mohamad Ballan, Francesca Bertolini, Matteo Bolner, Samuele Bovo, Anisa Ribani, Giuseppina Schiavo, Valeria Taurisano, Jacopo Vegni, Paolo Zambonelli, Luca Fontanesi, Applied genomics in dairy science: from animal breeding to dairy product authentication., in: FOODOMICS 2024 - 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOODOMICS 2009-2024, 2024, pp. 188 - 189 (atti di: FOODOMICS 2024 - 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOODOMICS 2009-2024, Cesena (Italy), 14-16 February, 2024) [Poster]

Fontanesi, Luca; Ribani, Anisa; Bertolini, Francesca; Ravaglia, Stefano; Pancaldi, Marco, Authentication of a food product based on DNA analysis of an added natural biological tracer: Testing the application to dry cured hams, «FOOD CONTROL», 2024, 163, Article number: 110547 , pp. 1 - 8 [Scientific article]Open Access

Valeria Taurisano, Anisa Ribani, Samuele Bovo, Francesca Bertolini, Luca Fontanesi, DNA can make the difference: the two sides of the entomological authentication of the honey., in: FOODOMICS 2024 - 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOODOMICS 2009-2024, 2024, pp. 83 - 84 (atti di: FOODOMICS 2024 - 7TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FOODOMICS 2009-2024, Cesena (Italy), 14-16 February, 2024) [Poster]

F. Bertolini, S. Bovo, M. Bolner, G. Schiavo, M. Cappelloni, M. Gallo, L. Fontanesi, Describing feed efficiency using metabolomic data in pigs, in: Book of Abstracts of the 75th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2024, pp. 414 - 414 (atti di: The 75th EAAP Annual Meeting, Firenze (Italia), 1-5 Settembre 2024) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

S. Bovo, G. Schiavo, F. Bertolini, M. Bolner, M. Cappelloni, M. Gallo, P. Zambonelli, S. Dall'Olio, L. Fontanesi, Dissecting production traits using metabolomics in pigs, in: Book of Abstracts of the 75th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2024, pp. 535 - 535 (atti di: The 75th EAAP Annual Meeting, Firenze (Italia), 1-5 Settembre 2024) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

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