Authors: Samuele Bovo, Giuseppina Schiavo, Anisa Ribani, Valerio Joe Utzeri, Valeria Taurisano, Mohamad Ballan, Maria Muñoz, Estefania Alves, Jose P. Araujo, Riccardo Bozzi, Rui Charneca, Federica Di Palma, Ivona Djurkin, Graham Etherington, Ana I. Fernandez, Fabián García, Juan García-Casco, Danijel Karolyi, Maurizio Gallo, José Manuel Martins, Marie-José Mercat, Yolanda Núñez, Raquel Quintanilla, Čedomir Radović, Violeta Razmaite, Juliette Riquet, Radomir Savić, Martin Škrlep, Grazioano Usai, Christoph Zimmer, Cristina Ovilo, Luca Fontanesi
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Type: Publication
Abstract: Coronaviruses silently circulate in human and animal populations, causing mild to severe diseases. Therefore, livestock are important components of a "One Health" perspective aimed to control these viral infections. However, at present there is no example that considers pig genetic resources in this context. In this study, we investigated the variability of four genes (ACE2, ANPEP and DPP4 encoding for host receptors of the viral spike proteins and TMPRSS2 encoding for a host proteinase) in 23 European (19 autochthonous and three commercial bre...
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Topics: 
Genetics
Evolutionary biology
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