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Stefania Dall'Olio

Stefania Dall'Olio

D-Index & Metrics

Animal Science and Veterinary

D-Index
31
Citations
3307
World Ranking
2314
National Ranking
113

Best Publications

  • Rough-and-tumble play as a window on animal communication

    Elisabetta Palagi;Gordon M. Burghardt;Barbara Smuts;Giada Cordoni

  • Copy Number Variation and Missense Mutations of the Agouti Signaling Protein (ASIP) Gene in Goat Breeds with Different Coat Colors

    Luca Fontanesi;Francesca Beretti;V. Riggio;E. Gómez González

  • A first comparative map of copy number variations in the sheep genome.

    L. Fontanesi;F. Beretti;F. Beretti;P.L. Martelli;M. Colombo

  • Combined effects of pre-slaughter treatments and lairage time on carcass and meat quality in pigs of different halothane genotype

    L Nanni Costa;D.P Lo Fiego;S Dall'Olio;R Davoli

  • Analysis of horse myostatin gene and identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms in breeds of different morphological types.

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  • Social tolerance and adult play in macaque societies: a comparison with different human cultures

    Francesca Ciani;Francesca Ciani;Stefania Dall'Olio;Stefania Dall'Olio;Roscoe Stanyon;Elisabetta Palagi

  • Coat colours in the Massese sheep breed are associated with mutations in the agouti signalling protein (ASIP) and melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) genes

    L. Fontanesi;S. Dall’Olio;F. Beretti;B. Portolano

  • Analysis of melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene polymorphisms in some cattle breeds: their usefulness and application for breed traceability and authentication of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese

    Vincenzo Russo;Luca Fontanesi;Emilio Scotti;Marco Tazzoli

  • Comparative evaluation of genomic inbreeding parameters in seven commercial and autochthonous pig breeds

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  • The insulin-like growth factor 2 (IGF2) gene intron3-g.3072G>A polymorphism is not the only Sus scrofa chromosome 2p mutation affecting meat production and carcass traits in pigs: evidence from the effects of a cathepsin D (CTSD) gene polymorphism.

    L. Fontanesi;C. Speroni;L. Buttazzoni;E. Scotti

  • Genome-wide association studies for 30 haematological and blood clinical-biochemical traits in Large White pigs reveal genomic regions affecting intermediate phenotypes.

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  • Influence of loading method and stocking density during transport on meat and dry-cured ham quality in pigs with different halothane genotypes

    L Nanni Costa;D.P Lo Fiego;S Dall’Olio;R Davoli

  • Sequence characterization of the melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R) gene in sheep with different coat colours and identification of the putative e allele at the ovine Extension locus

    L. Fontanesi;F. Beretti;F. Beretti;V. Riggio;S. Dall’Olio

  • Confirmed association between a single nucleotide polymorphism in the FTO gene and obesity-related traits in heavy pigs

    Luca Fontanesi;Emilio Scotti;Luca Buttazzoni;Stefania Dall’Olio

  • A machine learning approach for the identification of population-informative markers from high-throughput genotyping data: application to several pig breeds

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  • Metabolomics evidences plasma and serum biomarkers differentiating two heavy pig breeds.

    Samuele Bovo;Gianluca Mazzoni;Giuliano Galimberti;Daniela Giovanna Calo

  • Differentiation of meat from European wild boars and domestic pigs using polymorphisms in the MC1R and NR6A1 genes

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  • Association of myostatin (MSTN) gene polymorphisms with morphological traits in the Italian Heavy Draft Horse breed

    S. Dall’Olio;Y. Wang;Y. Wang;C. Sartori;L. Fontanesi

  • A frameshift mutation in the melanophilin gene causes the dilute coat colour in rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus) breeds

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  • The albinism of the feral Asinara white donkeys (Equus asinus) is determined by a missense mutation in a highly conserved position of the tyrosinase (TYR) gene deduced protein

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