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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. ; Beretti F.; Riggio V.; Dall'Olio S.; Occidente M.; Incoronato C.; Martelli P.L.; Casadio R.; Portolano B.; Matassino D.; Russo V., A Comparative Analysis of Copy Number Variation of the Sheep and Goat Genomes, in: Proceedings of the 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, s.l, s.n, 2010, 9, pp. 696 - 696 (atti di: 9th World Congress on Genetics Applied to Livestock Production, Leipzig, Germany, 1-6 August 2010) [Contribution to conference proceedings]

Fontanesi L.; Scotti E.; Colombo M.; Beretti F.; Forestier L.; Dall'Olio S.; Deretz S.; Russo V.; Allain D.; Oulmouden A., A composite six bp in-frame deletion in the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene is associated with the Japanese brindling coat colour in rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus), «BMC GENETICS», 2010, 11, Article number: 59 , pp. 1 - 11 [Scientific article]Open Access

Tal-Stein R.; Fontanesi L.; Dolezal M.; Scotti E.; Bagnato A.; Russo V.; Canavesi F.; Friedmann A.; Soller M.; Lipkin E., A genome scan for QTL affecting milk somatic cell count in Israeli and Italian Holstein cows by means selective DNA pooling with multiple marker mapping, «JOURNAL OF DAIRY SCIENCE», 2010, 93, pp. 4913 - 4927 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Scotti E.; Buttazzoni L.; Dall’Olio S.; Davoli R.; Russo V., A single nucleotide polymorphism in the porcine cathepsin K (CTSK) gene is associated with back fat thickness and production traits in Italian Duroc pigs, «MOLECULAR BIOLOGY REPORTS», 2010, 37, pp. 491 - 495 [Scientific article]

Fontanesi L.; Martelli P.L.; Beretti F.; Riggio V.; Dall'Olio S.; Colombo M.; Casadio R.; Russo V.; Portolano B., An initial comparative map of copy number variations in the goat (Capra hircus) genome, «BMC GENOMICS», 2010, 11, Article number: 639 , pp. 1 - 15 [Scientific article]Open Access

Dall’Olio S.; Fontanesi L.; Nanni Costa L.; Tassinari M.; Minieri L.; Falaschini A., Analysis of Horse Myostatin Gene and Identification of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in Breeds of Different Morphological Types, «JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICINE AND BIOTECHNOLOGY», 2010, 2010, Article number: 542945 , pp. 1 - 12 [Scientific article]Open Access

Fontanesi L.; Scotti E.; Russo V., Analysis of SNPs in the KIT gene of cattle with different coat colour patterns and perspectives to use these markers for breed traceability and authentication of beef and dairy products, «ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE», 2010, 9, Article number: e42 , pp. 217 - 221 [Scientific article]Open Access

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]