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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

Fontanesi L;Schiavo G;Galimberti G;Calò DG;Scotti E;Martelli PL;Buttazzoni L;Casadio R;Russo V, A genome wide association study for backfat thickness in Italian Large White pigs highlights new regions affecting fat deposition including neuronal genes., «BMC GENOMICS», 2012, 13, Article number: 583 , pp. 1 - 9 [Scientific article]Open Access

G. Schiavo; M. Dolezal; P. L. Martelli; D. G. Calò; G. Galimberti; E. Scotti; R. Casadio; L. Buttazzoni; A. Bagnato; V. Russo; L. Fontanesi, A selective genotyping approach identifies copy number variants associated with backfat thickness in Italian Large White pigs., in: Abstract Book of the 33rd Conference of the International Society of Animal Genetics, 2012, pp. 41 - 41 (atti di: 33rd Conference of the International Society of Animal Genetics, Cairns (AUS), 15-20/7/2012) [Abstract]

Fontanesi L.; Dall'Olio S.; Spaccapaniccia E.; Scotti E.; Fornasini D.; Frabetti A.; Russo V., A single nucleotide polymorphism in the rabbit growth hormone (GH1) gene is associated with market weight in a commercial rabbit population, «LIVESTOCK SCIENCE», 2012, 147, pp. 84 - 88 [Scientific article]

Russo V.; Fontanesi L.; Dolezal M.; Lipkin E.; Scotti E.; Zambonelli P.; Dall’Olio S.; Bigi D.; Davoli R.; Canavesi F.; Medugorac I.; Föster M.; Sölkner J.; Schiavini F.; Bagnato A.; Soller M., A whole genome scan for QTL affecting milk protein percentage in Italian Holstein cattle applying selective milk DNA pooling and multiple-marker mapping in a daughter design., «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2012, 43 (Suppl. 1), pp. 72 - 86 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Bertolini F.; Dall'Olio S.; Buttazzoni L.; Gallo M.; Russo V., Analysis of association between the MUC4 g.8227C>G polymorphism and production traits in Italian heavy pigs using a selective genotyping approach, «ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY», 2012, 23, pp. 147 - 155 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Rustempasic A.; Brka M.; Russo V., Analysis of polymorphisms in the agouti signaling protein (ASIP) and melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) genes and association with coat colours in two Pramenka sheep types., «SMALL RUMINANT RESEARCH», 2012, 105, pp. 89 - 96 [Scientific article]

Dall'Olio S.; Fontanesi L.; Tognazzi L.; Buttazzoni L.; Gallo M.; Russo V, Association Analysis Between DNA Markers and Number of Functional Teats in Italian Large White Pigs, in: VETERINARY SCIENCE. CURRENT ASPECTS IN BIOLOGY, ANIMAL PATHOLOGY, CLINIC AND FOOD HYGIENE., BERLIN, Springer-Verlag, 2012, pp. 181 - 185 [Chapter or essay]

Fontanesi L;Mazzoni G;Bovo S;Frabetti A;Fornasini D;Dall'Olio S;Russo V, Association between a polymorphism in the IGF2 gene and finishing weight in a commercial rabbit population., «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2012, 43, pp. 651 - 652 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Speroni C.; Buttazzoni L.; Scotti E.; Dall’Olio S.; Davoli R.; Russo V., Association between polymorphisms in cathepsin and cystatin genes with meat production and carcass traits in Italian Duroc pigs: confirmation of the effects of a cathepsin L (CTSL) gene marker, «MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS», 2012, 39, pp. 109 - 115 [Scientific article]

D. Piovesan; PL. Martelli; P. Fariselli; G. Profiti; L. Fontanesi; R. Casadio, BAR-PIG: a database of the pig proteome with structural and functional statistically validated annotation, in: Proceedings of the 56th national meeting of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pescara, LP grafiche, 2012, pp. 208 - 208 (atti di: 56th national meeting of the Italian Society of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chieti, 26-29/9/2012) [Abstract]

Fontanesi L.; Buttazzoni L.; Scotti E.; Russo V., Confirmation of the association between a single nucleotide polymorphism in the porcine LDHA gene and average daily gain and correlated traits in Italian Large White pigs, «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2012, 43, pp. 649 - 650 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L;Martelli PL;Scotti E;Russo V;Rogel-Gaillard C;Casadio R;Vernesi C, Exploring copy number variation in the rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) genome by array comparative genome hybridization., «GENOMICS», 2012, 100, pp. 245 - 251 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Scotti E.; Russo V., Haplotype variability in the bovine MITF gene and association with piebaldism in Holstein and Simmental cattle breeds, «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2012, 43, pp. 250 - 256 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Scotti E.; Dall’Olio S.; Oulmouden A.; Russo V., Identification and analysis of single nucleotide polymorphisms in the myosin VA (MYO5A) gene and its exclusion as the causative gene of the dilute coat colour locus in rabbit, «WORLD RABBIT SCIENCE», 2012, 20, pp. 35 - 41 [Scientific article]Open Access

Fontanesi L;Galimberti G;Calò DG;Fronza R;Martelli PL;Scotti E;Colombo M;Schiavo G;Casadio R;Buttazzoni L;Russo V, Identification and association analysis of several hundred single nucleotide polymorphisms within candidate genes for back fat thickness in Italian Large White pigs using a selective genotyping approach., «JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE», 2012, 90, pp. 2450 - 2464 [Scientific article]