A copy number variant scan in the autochthonous Valdostana Red Pied cattle breed and comparison with specialized dairy populations

• Maria Giuseppina Strillacci ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Giuseppina Strillacci, Erica Gorla

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: maria.strillacci@unimi.it

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-1730

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• Erica Gorla ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Maria Giuseppina Strillacci, Erica Gorla

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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• Maria Cristina Cozzi,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6589-6264

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• Mario Vevey,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Associazione Nazionale Allevatori Bovini Di Razza Valdostana, Gressan, Aosta, Italy

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• Francesca Genova,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7470-6386

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• Kathy Scienski,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

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• Maria Longeri,

  Roles Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7863-1855

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• Alessandro Bagnato

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

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