Luca Fontanesi

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Associate Professor in Animal Breeding and Genetics (AGR17 sector)

University of Bologna

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Dr. Luca Fontanesi is an Associate Professor in Animal Breeding and Genetics at the University of Bologna, Italy. His research focuses on animal genomics, particularly in areas such as fatty acid composition in marine species, dwarf rabbit genetics, and honeybee subspecies identification. Additionally, he explores genomic factors related to livestock health and disease resistance through innovative DNA analysis techniques.

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Open Date: 2011-01-01

Close Date: 2014-01-01

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Samuele Bovo

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University of Bologna

ITALY

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Riccardo Bozzi

Full Professor

Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

ITALY

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Kate Solpari

Weill Cornell Medicine

UNITED STATES

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Francesca Bertolini

Associate professor

University of Bologna

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Gloria Isani

Associate Professor

University of Bologna

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Paolo Zambonelli

Associate professor

University of Bologna

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Signatures of selection detected from whole‐genome sequencing indicate that the small body size in dwarf rabbit breeds is caused by polygenic effects with a few major loci

Comparing Morphometric and Mitochondrial DNA Data from Honeybees and Honey Samples for Identifying Apis mellifera ligustica Subspecies at the Colony Level

Mining Porcine Blood Whole-DNA Sequencing Datasets to Uncover Pig Viromes: An Exploratory Application to Identify Potential Infecting Agents of an Undefined Disease Outbreak

Assessment of Heterozygosity in European Local and Cosmopolitan Pig Populations

Description of metabolic differences between castrated males and intact gilts obtained from high-throughput metabolomics of porcine plasma

Fatty Acids and Fatty Acid Trophic Markers in Two Holothurian Species from the Central Mediterranean Sea

Genome‐wide association studies for diarrhoea outcomes identified genomic regions affecting resistance to a severe enteropathy in suckling rabbits

Field Application of an Innovative Approach to Assess Honeybee Health and Nutritional Status

A comprehensive atlas of nuclear sequences of mitochondrial origin (NUMT) inserted into the pig genome

Authentication of a food product based on DNA analysis of an added natural biological tracer: Testing the application to dry cured hams

Whole genome sequencing identifies candidate genes and mutations that can explain diluted and other colour varieties of domestic canaries (Serinus canaria)

Population genomic structures and signatures of selection define the genetic uniqueness of several fancy and meat rabbit breeds

Signatures of Admixture and Genetic Uniqueness in the Autochthonous Greek Black Pig Breed Deduced from Gene Polymorphisms Affecting Domestication-Derived Traits

Whole Genome Sequencing Provides Information on the Genomic Architecture and Diversity of Cultivated Gilthead Seabream (Sparus aurata) Broodstock Nuclei

Comparative analysis of genomic inbreeding parameters and runs of homozygosity islands in several fancy and meat rabbit breeds

Signatures of selection are present in the genome of two close autochthonous cattle breeds raised in the North of Italy and mainly distinguished for their coat colours

One Health and Cattle Genetic Resources: Mining More than 500 Cattle Genomes to Identify Variants in Candidate Genes Potentially Affecting Coronavirus Infections

Honey Environmental DNA Can Be Used to Detect and Monitor Honey Bee Pests: Development of Methods Useful to Identify Aethina tumida and Galleria mellonella Infestations

Genomic diversity and signatures of selection in meat and fancy rabbit breeds based on high-density marker data

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Samuele Bovo

Riccardo Bozzi

Kate Solpari

Francesca Bertolini

Gloria Isani

Paolo Zambonelli

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