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Luca Fontanesi

Full Professor

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

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

Delegate for Competitive Research Projects

Publications

Biro B.; Gal Z.; Schiavo G.; Ribani A.; Utzeri V.J.; Brookman M.; Fontanesi L.; Hoffmann O.I., Nuclear mitochondrial DNA sequences in the rabbit genome, «MITOCHONDRION», 2022, 66, pp. 1 - 6 [Scientific article]Open Access

Bovo, Samuele; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Fontanesi, Luca, One Health and Cattle Genetic Resources: Mining More than 500 Cattle Genomes to Identify Variants in Candidate Genes Potentially Affecting Coronavirus Infections, «ANIMALS», 2022, 12, Article number: 838 , pp. 1 - 16 [Scientific article]Open Access

Ballan M., Bovo S., Schiavo G., Schiavitto M., Negrini R., Fontanesi L., Signatures of selection and runs of homozygosity in the genome of several fancy and meat rabbit breeds, in: Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, 2022, pp. 1 - 4 (atti di: 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Rotterdam, 3-8 July 2022) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

G. Schiavo, S. Bovo, A. Ribani, S. Tinarelli, M. Cappelloni, M. Gallo, L. Fontanesi, The genomic inbreeding trend over the last 25 years in three Italian pig breeds, in: Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, 2022, pp. 1 - 4 (atti di: 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Rotterdam, 3-8 July 2022) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Bovo S., Schiavo G., Fanelli F., Ribani A., Bertolini F., Utzeri V.J., Gallo M., Galimberti G., Dall'Olio S., Martelli P.L., Casadio R., Pagotto U., Fontanesi L., Unravelling the genetic basis governing the porcine metabolism, in: Proceedings of the 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, 2022, pp. 1 - 4 (atti di: 12th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Rotterdam, 3-8 July 2022) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Valeria Taurisano, Anisa Ribani, Matteo Bolner, Mohamad Ballan, Samuele Bovo, Giuseppina Schiavo, Luca Fontanesi, Variability of nuclear mitochondrial DNA regions in the genome of autochthonous and cosmopolitan pig breeds, in: Book of Abstracts of the XI. International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig, 2022, pp. 23 - 24 (atti di: XI. International Symposium on the Mediterranean Pig, Vodice, Croatia, October 11 – 14, 2022) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

G. Schiavo, S. Bovo, A. Ribani, M. Bonacini, S. Dall’olio, L. Fontanesi, Whole genome resequencing provides information for sustainable conservation of Reggiana cattle breed., in: Book of Abstracts of the 73rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2022, pp. 134 - 134 (atti di: 73rd Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Porto, Portugal, 5 – 9 September, 2022) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Bertolini, F.; Ribani, A.; Capoccioni, F.; Buttazzoni, L.; Utzeri, V. J.; Bovo, S.; Schiavo, G.; Caggiano, M.; Rothschild, M. F.; Fontanesi, L., A comparative whole genome sequencing analysis identified a candidate locus for lack of operculum in cultivated gilthead seabream (Sparus aurata), «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2021, 52, pp. 365 - 370 [Scientific article]

Bovo, S.; Schiavo, G.; Utzeri, V. J.; Ribani, A.; Schiavitto, M.; Buttazzoni, L.; Negrini, R.; Fontanesi, L., A genome-wide association study for the number of teats in European rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus) identifies several candidate genes affecting this trait, «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2021, 52, pp. 237 - 243 [Scientific article]Open Access

Valerio Joe Utzeri, Anisa Ribani, Valeria Taurisano, Carles Hernández i Banqué, Luca Fontanesi, A map of the distribution of Apis mellifera mitochondrial DNA lineages in Italy, in: ASPA 24th Congress Book of Abstract, «ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE», 2021, pp. 162 - 162 (atti di: 24th Congress ot the Animal Science and production Association, Padova, Italy, September 21-24, 2021) [Poster]

Mohamad Ballan, Samuele Bovo, Giuseppina Schiavo, Michele Schiavitto, Riccardo Negrini, Luca Fontanesi, Analysis of genetic diversity and signature of selection in commercial and fancy rabbit breeds, in: ASPA 24th Congress Book of Abstract, «ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE», 2021, pp. 161 - 161 (atti di: 24th Congress ot the Animal Science and production Association, Padova, Italy, September 21-24, 2021) [Abstract]

Ribani, A.; Utzeri, V. J.; Taurisano, V.; Galuppi, R.; Fontanesi, L., Analysis of honey environmental DNA indicates that the honey bee (Apis mellifera L.) trypanosome parasite Lotmaria passim is widespread in the apiaries of the North of Italy, «JOURNAL OF INVERTEBRATE PATHOLOGY», 2021, 184, Article number: 107628 , pp. 1 - 5 [Scientific article]Open Access

Bovo S.; Ribani A.; Utzeri V.J.; Taurisano V.; Schiavo G.; Bolner M.; Fontanesi L., Application of next generation semiconductor-based sequencing for the identification of apis mellifera complementary sex determiner (Csd) alleles from honey dna, «INSECTS», 2021, 12, Article number: 868 , pp. 1 - 15 [Scientific article]Open Access

Dall'Olio, S.; Bovo, S.; Tinarelli, S.; Schiavo, G.; Padalino, B.; Fontanesi, L., Association between candidate gene markers and harness racing traits in Italian trotter horses, «LIVESTOCK SCIENCE», 2021, 244, Article number: 104351 , pp. 1 - 6 [Scientific article]Open Access

Chrenek, P.; Bősz, Z.; Fontanesi, L., Biotechnology Applications in the Rabbit, in: The Genetics and Genomics of the Rabbit, Wallingford, CAB International, 2021, pp. 302 - 309 [Chapter or essay]