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Porcine colonization of the Americas: a 60k SNP story.
Heredity - 1 Apr 2013
Burgos-Paz W, Souza C A, Megens H J, Ramayo-Caldas Y, Melo M, Lemús-Flores C, Caal E, Soto H W, Martínez R, Alvarez L A, Aguirre L, Iñiguez V, Revidatti M A, Martínez-López O R, Llambi S, Esteve-Codina A, Rodríguez M C, Crooijmans R P M A, Paiva S R, Schook L B, Groenen M A M, Pérez-Enciso M
Abstract excerpt
The pig, Sus scrofa, is a foreign species to the American continent. Although pigs originally introduced in the Americas should be related to those from the Iberian Peninsula and Canary islands, the phylogeny of current creole pigs that now populate the continent is likely to be very complex. Because of the extreme climates that America harbors, these populations also provide a unique example of a fast...
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