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Luca Fontanesi

Full Professor

Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences

Academic discipline: AGR/17 Livestock Systems, Animal Breeding and Genetics

Delegate for Competitive Research Projects

Publications

Fontanesi L.; D’Alessandro E.; Scotti E.; Liotta L.; Chiofalo V; Russo V., Analysis of the KIT gene in a Sicilian pig population and identification of the Id allele at the Dominant white locus, in: Abstract book of the 7th International Symposium on Mediterranean Pig, CORDOBA, University of Cordoba, 2010, pp. 3 - 3 (atti di: 7th International Symposium on Mediterranean Pig, Cordoba, 14-16 October 2010) [Abstract]

Fontanesi L.; Speroni C.; Buttazzoni L.; Scotti E.; Nanni Costa L.; Davoli R.; Russo V., Association between cathepsin L (CTSL) and cathepsin S (CTSS) polymorphisms and meat production and carcass traits in Italian Large White pigs., «MEAT SCIENCE», 2010, 85, pp. 331 - 338 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Forestier L.; Allain D.; Scotti E.; Beretti F.; Deretz-Picoulet S.; Pecchioli E.; Vernesi C.; Robinson T.J.; Malaney J.L.; Russo V.; Oulmouden A., Characterization of the rabbit agouti signaling protein (ASIP) gene: transcripts and phylogenetic analyses and identification of the causative mutation of the nonagouti black coat colour, «GENOMICS», 2010, 95, pp. 166 - 175 [Scientific article]

Fernandez A.; Estellé J.; Munoz M.; de Batz H.; Créchet F.; Piton G.; Fontanesi L.; Vincent-Naulleau S.; Bourneuf E., c-kit and melanoma predisposition in pigs: sequence variants, association analysis and gene expression, in: Proceedings of the 32nd Conference of the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG2010), Programme and Abstract Book, s.l, s.n, 2010, pp. P5077 - P5077 (atti di: 32nd Conference of the International Society for Animal Genetics (ISAG2010), Edinburgh, UK, 26-30 July 2010) [Abstract]

Fontanesi L.; Scotti E.; Buttazzoni L.; Dall'Olio S.; Bagnato A.; Lo Fiego D.P.; Davoli R.; Russo V., Confirmed association between a single nucleotide polymorphism in the FTO gene and obesity-related traits in heavy pigs, «MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS», 2010, 37, pp. 461 - 466 [Scientific article]

Scotti E.; Fontanesi L.; Schiavini F.; La Mattina V.; Bagnato A.; Russo V., DGAT1 p.K232A polymorphism in dairy and dual purpose Italian cattle breeds, «ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE», 2010, 9, Article number: e16 , pp. 79 - 82 [Scientific article]Open Access

Fontanesi L.; Vargiolu M.; Scotti E.; Mazzoni M.; Clavenzani P.; De Giorgio R.; Romeo G.; Russo V., Endothelin receptor B (EDNRB) is not the causative gene of the English spotting locus in the domestic rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2010, 41, pp. 669 - 670 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; D'Alessandro E.; Scotti E.; Liotta L.; Crovetti A.; Chiofalo V.; Russo V., Genetic heterogeneity and selection signature at the KIT gene in pigs showing different coat colours and patterns, «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2010, 41, pp. 478 - 492 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Tazzoli M.; Russo V.; Beever J., Genetic heterogeneity at the bovine KIT gene in cattle breeds carrying different putative alleles at the spotting locus, «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2010, 41, pp. 295 - 303 [Scientific article]

Dall'Olio S.; Fontanesi L.; Tognazzi L.; Russo V., Genetic structure of candidate genes for litter size in Italian Large White pigs, «VETERINARY RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS», 2010, 34, Suppl. 1, pp. 203 - 206 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Galimberti G.; Calò D.G.; Scotti E.; Martelli P.L.; Fronza R.; Colombo M.; Buttazzoni L.; Bagnato A.; Casadio R.; Russo V., Genome-wide association and candidate gene analyses for back fat thickness in Italian Large White pigs, in: Proceedings of the ISAG2010 Conference, s.l, s.n, 2010, pp. P4094 - P4094 (atti di: International Society for Animal Genetics 2010 Conference, Edinburgh, UK, 26-30 July 2010) [Abstract]

Fontanesi L.; Scotti E.; Galimberti G.; Calò D.G.; Fronza R.; Colombo M.; Martelli P.L.; Buttazzoni L.; Casadio R.; Russo V., Selective Genotyping Analysis of 677 SNPs to Identify Markers Associated with Back Fat Thickness in Italian Large White Pigs, in: Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, s.l, s.n, 2010, 9, pp. 651 - 651 (atti di: 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Leipzig, Germany, 1-6 August 2010) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Fontanesi L; Beretti F; Riggio V; Dall'Olio S; Calascibetta D; Russo V; Portolano B., Sequence characterization of the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene in sheep with different coat colour and identification of the putative e allele at the ovine Extension locus, «SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH», 2010, 91, pp. 200 - 2007 [Scientific article]

Russo V.; Scotti E.; Bertolini F.; Buttazzoni L.; Dall'Olio S.; Davoli R.; Fontanesi L., Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the porcine PCSK1 gene are associated with fat deposition and carcass traits in Italian Large White and Italian Duroc pigs, in: Book of Abstracts of the 61st Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, WAGENINGEN, Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2010, 16 (2010), pp. 92 - 92 (atti di: 61st Annual Meeting of the European Association for Animal Production, Heraklion, Crete Island, Greece, August 23rd-27th, 2010) [Abstract]

Dall’Olio S.; Fontanesi L.; Tognazzi L.; Buttazzoni L.; Gallo M.; Russo V., STUDIO DI ASSOCIAZIONE TRA MARCATORI DEL DNA ED IL NUMERO DI MAMMELLE FUNZIONALI NELLA RAZZA SUINA LARGE WHITE ITALIANA, «ATTI DELLA SOCIETÀ ITALIANA DELLE SCIENZE VETERINARIE», 2010, LXIV, pp. 477 - 479 [Scientific article]