DOCUMENTS
Documents related to the projects, including research papers, news, presentations and videos.
HAPLOTYPE‐BASED GENOME‐WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES REVEAL NEW LOCI FOR HAEMATOLOGICAL AND CLINICAL–BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN LARGE WHITE PIGS
Research paper published on Animal Genetics
GENOME-WIDE DETECTION OF COPY NUMBER VARIANTS IN EUROPEAN AUTOCHTHONOUS AND COMMERCIAL PIG BREEDS BY WHOLE-GENOME SEQUENCING OF DNA POOLS IDENTIFIED BREED-CHARACTERISING COPY NUMBER STATES
Research paper published on Animal Genetics
GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDIES FOR THE NUMBER OF TEATS AND TEAT ASYMMETRY PATTERNS IN LARGE WHITE PIGS
Research paper published on Animal Genetics
DESCRIBING VARIABILITY IN PIG GENES INVOLVED IN CORONAVIRUS INFECTIONS FOR A ONE HEALTH PERSPECTIVE IN CONSERVATION OF ANIMAL GENETIC RESOURCES
Research paper published on Scientific Reports
Final Workshop of the PigPhenomics Project
Presentation of the results of the PigPhenomics project
File [222Kb .pdf]
Programme
Chairperson: Luca Fontanesi (coordinator of the PigPhenomics project)
Communications
- 10.30-10.40 – Opening and introduction to the project (Luca Fontanesi: University of Bologna)
- 10.40-10.50 – Livestock phenomics: new frontiers in animal breeding (Francesca Bertolini: University of Bologna)
- 10.50-11.10 – Molecular phenotyping: applications of metabolomics in pigs (Samuele Bovo: University of Bologna)
- 11.10-11.30 – Merging traditional phenotyping and genomics in heavy pigs (Giuseppina Schiavo: University of Bologna)
- 11.30-11.50 – Genetic characterization of the pig metabolome and potential applications (Samuele Bovo: University of Bologna)
- 11.50-12.10 – Boar taint compounds: relationships with libido and productive traits in entire male pigs (Valentina Bonfatti: University of Padova)
- 12.10-12.30 – Genetics of boar taint compounds in pigs and application in pig breeding (Valentina Bonfatti: University of Padova)
- 12.30-12.50 – Phenomics of stress: new potential applications in monitoring pig welfare (Daniele Vigo: University of Milano – Matteo Bolner: University of Bologna)
- 12.50-13.00 – Discussion and closing remarks
High-throughput untargeted metabolomics reveals metabolites and metabolic pathways that differentiate two divergent pig breeds
Research paper published on Animal Journal
Merging metabolomics and genomics provides a catalog of genetic factors that influence molecular phenotypes in pigs linking relevant metabolic pathways
Research paper published on Genetics Selection Evolution
Description of metabolic differences between castrated males and intact gilts obtained from high-throughput metabolomics of porcine plasma
Research paper published on Journal of ANIMAL SCIENCE
