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    • A meta-analysis of genetic and phenotypic diversity of European local pig breeds reveals genomic regions associated with breed differentiation for production traits 

      Poklukar, Klavdija; Mestre, Camille; Škrlep, Martin; Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta; Ovilo, Cristina; Fontanesi, Luca; Riquet, Juliette; Bovo, Samuele; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Ribani, Anisa; Muñoz, Maria; Gallo, Maurizio; Bozzi, Ricardo; Charneca, Rui; Quintanilla, Raquel; Kušec, Goran; Mercat, Marie-José; Zimmer, Christoph; Razmaite, Violeta; Araujo, Jose P.; Radović, Čedomir; Savić, Radomir; Karolyi, Danijel; Servin, Bertrand (Genetics Selection Evolution, 2023-12-07) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background Intense selection of modern pig breeds has resulted in genetic improvement of production traits while the performance of local pig breeds has remained lower. As local pig breeds have been ...
    • Admixture and breed traceability in European indigenous pig breeds and wild boar using genome-wide SNP data 

      Dadousis, Christos; Muñoz, Maria; Óvilo, Cristina; Fabbri, Maria Chiara; Araújo, José Pedro; Bovo, Samuele; Čandek Potokar, Marjeta; Charneca, Rui; Crovetti, Alessandro; Gallo, Maurizio; García-Casco, Juan María; Karolyi, Danijel; Kušec, Goran; Martins, José Manuel; Mercat, Marie-José; Pugliese, Carolina; Quintanilla, Raquel; Radović, Čedomir; Razmaite, Violeta; Ribani, Anisa; Riquet, Juliet; Savić, Radomir; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Škrlep, Martin; Tinarelli, Silvia; Usai, Graziano; Zimmer, Christoph; Fontanesi, Luca; Bozzi, Riccardo (Scientific Reports, 2022-05-05) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Preserving diversity of indigenous pig (Sus scrofa) breeds is a key factor to (i) sustain the pork chain (both at local and global scales) including the production of high-quality branded products, (ii) ...
    • Describing variability in pig genes involved in coronavirus infections for a One Health perspective in conservation of animal genetic resources 

      Bovo, Samuele; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Ribani, Anisa; Utzeri, Valerio J.; Taurisano, Valeria; Ballan, Mohamad; Muñoz, Maria; Alves, Estefania; Araujo, Jose P.; Bozzi, Riccardo; Charneca, Rui; Di Palma, Federica; Djurkin Kušec, Ivona; Etherington, Graham; Fernandez, Ana I.; García, Fabián; García-Casco, Juan; Karolyi, Danijel; Gallo, Maurizio; Martins, José Manuel; Mercat, Marie-José; Núñez, Yolanda; Quintanilla, Raquel; Radović, Čedomir; Razmaite, Violeta; Riquet, Juliette; Savić, Radomir; Škrlep, Martin; Usai, Graziano; Zimmer, Christoph; Ovilo, Cristina; Fontanesi, Luca (Scientific Reports, 2021-02-09) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Coronaviruses silently circulate in human and animal populations, causing mild to severe diseases. Therefore, livestock are important components of a “One Health” perspective aimed to control these viral ...
    • Diversity across major and candidate genes in European local pig breeds 

      Muñoz, María; Bozzi, Riccardo; García, Fabián; Núñez, Yolanda; Geraci, Claudia; Crovetti, Alessandro; García-Casco, Juan; Alves, Estefania; Skrlep, Martin; Charneca, Rui; Martins, Jose M.; Quintanilla, Raquel; Tibau, Joan; Kusec, Goran; Djurkin-Kusec, Ivona; Mercat, Marie J.; Riquet, Juliette; Estelle, Jordi; Zimmer, Christoph; Razmaite, Violeta; Araujo, Jose P.; Radović, Čedomir; Savić, Radomir; Karolyi, Danijel; Gallo, Maurizio; Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta; Fontanesi, Luca; Fernández, Ana I.; Óvilo, Cristina (PLoS ONE, 2018-11-20) Genètica i Millora Animal
      The aim of this work was to analyse the distribution of causal and candidate mutations associated to relevant productive traits in twenty local European pig breeds. Also, the potential of the SNP panel ...
    • Whole-genome sequencing of European autochthonous and commercial pig breeds allows the detection of signatures of selection for adaptation of genetic resources to different breeding and production systems 

      Bovo, Samuele; Ribani, Anisa; Muñoz, Maria; Alves, Estefania; Araujo, Jose P.; Bozzi, Riccardo; Čandek-Potokar, Marjeta; Charneca, Rui; Di Palma, Federica; Etherington, Graham; Fernandez, Ana I.; García, Fabián; García-Casco, Juan; Karolyi, Danijel; Gallo, Maurizio; Margeta, Vladimir; Martins, José Manuel; Mercat, Marie J.; Moscatelli, Giulia; Núñez, Yolanda; Quintanilla, Raquel; Radović, Čedomir; Razmaite, Violeta; Riquet, Juliette; Savić, Radomir; Schiavo, Giuseppina; Usai, Graziano; Utzeri, Valerio J.; Zimmer, Christoph; Ovilo, Cristina; Fontanesi, Luca (Genetics Selection Evolution, 2020-06-26) Genètica i Millora Animal
      Background Natural and artificial directional selection in cosmopolitan and autochthonous pig breeds and wild boars have shaped their genomes and resulted in a reservoir of animal genetic diversity. ...