Next Generation Semiconductor Based Sequencing of the Donkey (Equus asinus) Genome Provided Comparative Sequence Data against the Horse Genome and a Few Millions of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms

• Francesca Bertolini,

  Affiliations Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 46, Bologna, Italy, Department of Veterinary Sciences, Animal Production Unit, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, Messina, Italy

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• Concetta Scimone,

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Sciences, Animal Production Unit, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, Messina, Italy

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• Claudia Geraci,

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 46, Bologna, Italy

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• Giuseppina Schiavo,

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 46, Bologna, Italy

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• Valerio Joe Utzeri,

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 46, Bologna, Italy

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• Vincenzo Chiofalo,

  Affiliations Department of Veterinary Sciences, Animal Production Unit, University of Messina, Polo Universitario dell'Annunziata, Messina, Italy, Meat Research Consortium, Polo Universitario dell’Annunziata, Messina, Italy

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• Luca Fontanesi

  * E-mail: luca.fontanesi@unibo.it

  Affiliation Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Division of Animal Sciences, University of Bologna, Viale Fanin 46, Bologna, Italy

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