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How immunogenetically different are domestic pigs from wild boars: a perspective from single-nucleotide polymorphisms of 19 immunity-related candidate genes.
Immunogenetics - 1 Oct 2013
Chen Shanyuan, Gomes Rui, Costa Vânia, Santos Pedro, Charneca Rui, Zhang Ya-ping, Liu Xue-hong, Wang Shao-qing, Bento Pedro, Nunes Jose-Luis, Buzgó József, Varga Gyula, Anton István, Zsolnai Attila, Beja-Pereira Albano
Abstract excerpt
The coexistence of wild boars and domestic pigs across Eurasia makes it feasible to conduct comparative genetic or genomic analyses for addressing how genetically different a domestic species is from its wild ancestor. To test whether there are differences in patterns of genetic variability between wild and domestic pigs at immunity-related genes and to detect outlier loci putatively under selection that may...
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