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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

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

Sternstein I., Brockmann G.A., Fontanesi L., Cytogenetics, Physical and Genetic Maps and QTL Mapping in the European Rabbit, in: The Genetics and Genomics of the Rabbit, Wallingford, CAB International, 2021, pp. 43 - 65 [Chapter or essay]

Bovo S.; Schiavo G.; Ribani A.; Utzeri V.J.; Taurisano V.; Ballan M.; Munoz M.; Alves E.; Araujo J.P.; Bozzi R.; Charneca R.; Di Palma F.; Djurkin Kusec I.; Etherington G.; Fernandez A.I.; Garcia F.; Garcia-Casco J.; Karolyi D.; Gallo M.; Martins J.M.; Mercat M.-J.; Nunez Y.; Quintanilla R.; Radovic C.; Razmaite V.; Riquet J.; Savic R.; Skrlep M.; Usai G.; Zimmer C.; Ovilo C.; Fontanesi L., Describing variability in pig genes involved in coronavirus infections for a One Health perspective in conservation of animal genetic resources, «SCIENTIFIC REPORTS», 2021, 11, Article number: 3359 , pp. 1 - 14 [Scientific article]Open Access

Utzeri V.J.; Ribani A.; Schiavo G.; Fontanesi L., Describing variability in the tyrosinase (TYR) gene, the albino coat colour locus, in domestic and wild European rabbits, «ITALIAN JOURNAL OF ANIMAL SCIENCE», 2021, 20, pp. 181 - 187 [Scientific article]Open Access

Utzeri, Valerio Joe; Ribani, Anisa; Taurisano, Valeria; Banqué, Carles Hernández I; Fontanesi, Luca, Distribution of the Main Apis mellifera Mitochondrial DNA Lineages in Italy Assessed Using an Environmental DNA Approach, «INSECTS», 2021, 12, Article number: 620 , pp. 1 - 15 [Scientific article]Open Access

Bovo S.; Schiavo G.; Kazemi H.; Moscatelli G.; Ribani A.; Ballan M.; Bonacini M.; Prandi M.; Dall'Olio S.; Fontanesi L., Exploiting within-breed variability in the autochthonous Reggiana breed identified several candidate genes affecting pigmentation-related traits, stature and udder defects in cattle, «ANIMAL GENETICS», 2021, 52, pp. 579 - 597 [Scientific article]Open Access

Fontanesi L., Genetics and Molecular Genetics of Coat Colour in the European Rabbit, in: The Genetics and Genomics of the Rabbit, Wallingford, CAB International, 2021, pp. 84 - 103 [Chapter or essay]

Fontanesi L., Genetics and Molecular Genetics of Morphological and Physiological Traits and Inherited Disorders in the European Rabbit, in: The Genetics and Genomics of the Rabbit, Wallingford, CAB International, 2021, pp. 120 - 162 [Chapter or essay]