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Introgression and isolation contributed to the development of Hungarian Mangalica pigs from a particular European ancient bloodline.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 1 Jul 2013
Marincs Ferenc, Molnár János, Tóth Gábor, Stéger Viktor, Barta Endre
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mangalica breeds are indigenous to Hungary and their breeding history dates back to about 200-250 years ago. They are fat-type pigs and have a rare curly hair phenotype. The aim of our study was to establish the relationships between these unique breeds and other European breeds. RESULTS: Based on a core sequence of 382 bp present in 2713 mitochondrial D-loop sequences from pigs belonging to 38 local...
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