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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

Aranguren-Rivas, P.; Heras-Molina, A.; Gómez-Izquierdo, E.; Gómez-Fernández, J.; García, F.; Bovo, S.; Bolner, M.; Fontanesi, L.; Óvilo, C.; García-Casco, J. M.; Muñoz, M., Metabolomic profiling of the heat stress response in Iberian piglets, in: Book of Abstracts of the 4th EAAP Regional Meeting 2026, 2026, pp. 64 - 64 (atti di: 4th EAAP Regional Meeting 2026, Sassari (Italy), 20-22 May, 2026) [Abstract]

Calabri, Maria Letizia; Taurisano, Valeria; Ribani, Anisa; Fontanesi, Luca, MONITORING THE DISTRIBUTION OF APIS MELLIFERA MITOCHONDRIAL DNA LINEAGES OVER EIGHT YEARS IN THE EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION USING HONEY EDNA, in: Book of Abstracts of the 11th European Conference of Apidology, Bologna, CREA & University of Bologna, 2026, pp. 131 - 131 (atti di: 11th European Conference of Apidology, Bologna, Italy, 7-10 September 2026) [Contribution to conference proceedings]Open Access

Bovo, Samuele; Bolner, Matteo; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Bertolini, Francesca; Gallo, Maurizio; Fontanesi, Luca, Multi-omics dissection of lipid metabolism in Italian heavy pig breeds, in: ASPA 26th Congress Book of Abstract, «ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE», 2026, pp. 65 - 66 (atti di: The 26th Congress of the Animal Science and Production Association, Turin (ITALY), June 17-20, 2025) [Abstract]

Ribani, Anisa; Özkan Koca, Ayça; Taurisano, Valeria; Bovo, Samuele; Fontanesi, Luca, MULTIPLE METABARCODING ASSAYS GENERATE BOTANICAL AND ENTOMOLOGICAL DNA FINGERPRINTS TO DETERMINE THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF TURKISH HONEY, in: Book of Abstracts of the 11th European Conference of Apidology, 2026, pp. 74 - 74 (atti di: 11th European Conference of Apidology, Bologna, Italy, 7-10 September 2026) [Abstract]

Bovo, S.; Bolner, M.; Lewis, C.; Holl, J.; Valente, B.; Schiavo, G.; Bertolini, F.; Fontanesi, L., Plasma metabolomic signatures differentiate Duroc pigs with divergent feed intake: insights into the molecular architecture of a complex trait, in: Book of Abstracts of the 77th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2026, pp. 157 - 157 (atti di: The 77th EAAP Annual Meeting, Hamburg, Germany, 07-11 September, 2026) [Abstract]

Agyabeng, S.; Bovo, S.; Gallo, M.; Schiavo, G.; Fontanesi, L.; Bertolini, F., Seasonal adaptation is associated with systemic metabolic remodelling in heavy pigs: a molecular phenomic approach, in: Book of Abstracts of the 77th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2026, pp. 984 - 984 (atti di: The 77th EAAP Annual Meeting, Hamburg, Germany, 07-11 September, 2026) [Abstract]

Taurisano, V.; Calabri, M. L.; Ribani, A.; Bovo, S.; Schiavo, G.; Bertolini, F.; Schiavitto, M.; Fontanesi, L., The high mobility group AT-hook 2 (HMGA2) allele associated with the dwarf phenotype segregates in various rabbit breeds but is not carried by all dwarf and small body sized rabbits, «LIVESTOCK SCIENCE», 2026, 307, Article number: 105937 , pp. 1 - 6 [Scientific article]

Bovo, Samuele; Ribani, Anisa; Bolner, Matteo; Taurisano, Valeria; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Bertolini, Francesca; Fontanesi, Luca, The size of the rabbit from whole genome sequencing: the dwarf-ism in Dwarf Lop breed is better explained as a polygenic trait, in: ASPA 26th Congress Book of Abstract, «ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE», 2026, pp. 33 - 33 (atti di: The 26th Congress of the Animal Science and Production Association, Turin (ITALY), June 17-20, 2025) [Abstract]

Schiavo, G.; Bovo, S.; Bolner, M.; Dall'Olio, S.; Ribani, A.; Taurisano, V.; Cappelloni, M.; Gallo, M.; Bertolini, F.; Fontanesi, L., Towards a genomic-driven conservation strategy for the autochthonous Mora Romagnola pig breed by leveraging population genomic parameters, genomic inbreeding and signature of selection analyses, «ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE», 2026, 25, pp. 613 - 625 [Scientific article]Open Access

Bovo, S.; Bolner, M.; Schiavo, G.; Galimberti, G.; Bertolini, F.; Ribani, A.; Dall'Olio, S.; Zambonelli, P.; Gallo, M.; Fontanesi, L., A comprehensive genetic evaluation of molecular phenotypes in pigs: gaining knowledge through metabolite ratios, in: Book of Abstracts of the 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, 2025, pp. 246 - 246 (atti di: 76th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science, Innsbruck, Austria, 25 - 29 August, 2025) [Abstract]

Taurisano, Valeria; Ribani, Anisa; Sami, Dalal; Elise Nelson Johnson, Kate; Calabri, Maria Letizia; Utzeri, Valerio Joe; Bovo, Samuele; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Bertolini, Francesca; Fontanesi, Luca, A dynamic picture of the diffusion of Apis mellifera mitochondrial DNA lineages in Italy over the last few decades utilizing honey as a source of honey bee population genetic information, in: APIMONDIA 2025 ABSTRACT BOOK, 2025, pp. 59 - 59 (atti di: 49th APIMONDIA Congress (APIMONDIA 2025), Copenhagen (Denmark), 23-27 September 2025) [Abstract]

Schiavo, G.; Bovo, S.; Bertolini, F.; Bolner, M.; Ribani, A.; Taurisano, V.; Galimberti, G.; Gallo, M.; Fontanesi, L., Application of artificial intelligence in livestock genomics: combining random forest and Boruta algorithm to identify informative single nucleotide polymorphisms across pig breeds, in: Book of Abstracts of the 1st EAAP Conference on Artificial Intelligence 4 Animal Science, 2025, pp. 30 - 30 (atti di: 1st EAAP Conference on Artificial Intelligence 4 Animal Science, Zurich - Switzerland, 4-6 June, 2025) [Abstract]

Fabbri, Maria Chiara; Arias, Katherine D.; Rezende, Marcos P. G.; Tiezzi, Francesco; Biffani, Stefano; Goyache, Felix; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Bovo, Samuele; Fontanesi, Luca; Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta; Muñoz, Maria; Ovilo, Cristina; Poklukar, Klavdija; Škrlep, Martin; Bozzi, Riccardo, Assessment of heterozygosity in European local and cosmopolitan pig populations, «AGRICULTURE», 2025, 15, Article number: 761 , pp. 1 - 13 [Scientific article]Open Access

Credi, Alberto; Fontanesi, Luca; Montanari, Rebecca; Coppini, Sara; Gualandi, Bianca, Back to fundamentals of research: Ethics and academic freedom. Position paper, in: Back to fundamentals of research, Bologna, Alma Mater Studiorum, Università di Bologna, 2025, pp. 1 - 7 (atti di: Back to Fundamentals of Research: Reliability, Transparency and Reproducibility, Bologna, 02/12/2024) [Contribution to conference proceedings]Open Access

Taurisano, Valeria; Ribani, Anisa; Bovo, Samuele; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Bertolini, Francesca; Schiavitto, Michele; Fontanesi, Luca, BCO2 allele frequencies in many rabbit breeds and populations: insights from the spread of a genetic defect, in: ASPA 26th Congress Book of Abstracts, 2025, pp. 237 - 237 (atti di: ASPA 25th Congress, Torino, 17-20 Giugno 2025) [Abstract]