The KIT Gene Is Associated with the English Spotting Coat Color Locus and Congenital Megacolon in Checkered Giant Rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus)

• Luca Fontanesi ,

  * E-mail: luca.fontanesi@unibo.it (LF); roberto.degiorgio@unibo.it (RDG)

  Affiliations Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Division of Animal Sciences, Laboratory of Livestock Genomics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Centre for Genome Biology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Manuela Vargiolu,

  Affiliation Health Sciences and Technologies-Interdepartmental Center for Industrial Research, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Emilio Scotti,

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Division of Animal Sciences, Laboratory of Livestock Genomics, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Rocco Latorre,

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Centro Unificato di Ricerca Biomedica Applicata (C.R.B.A.), St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Maria Simonetta Faussone Pellegrini,

  Affiliation Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Section of Anatomy and Histology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Maurizio Mazzoni,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Martina Asti,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Roberto Chiocchetti,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Giovanni Romeo,

  Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Medical Genetics Unit, St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Paolo Clavenzani,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medical Science, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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• Roberto De Giorgio

  * E-mail: luca.fontanesi@unibo.it (LF); roberto.degiorgio@unibo.it (RDG)

  Affiliation Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, Centro Unificato di Ricerca Biomedica Applicata (C.R.B.A.), St. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy

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