Mohamad Ballan, Samuele Bovo, Francesca Bertolini, Giuseppina Schiavo, Michele Schiavitto, Riccardo Negrini, Luca Fontanesi
Following the recent domestication process of the European rabbit (Oryctolagus cuniculus), many different breeds and lines, distinguished primarily by exterior traits such as coat colour, fur structure and body size and shape, have been constituted. In this study, we genotyped, with a high-density single-nucleotide polymorphism panel, a total of 645 rabbits from 10 fancy breeds (Belgian Hare, Champagne d'Argent, Checkered Giant, Coloured Dwarf, Dwarf Lop, Ermine, Giant Grey, Giant White, Rex and Rhinelander) and three meat breeds (Italian White, Italian Spotted and Italian Silver)...
July 12, 2023: Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics