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Contemporary genetic structure, phylogeography and past demographic processes of wild boar Sus scrofa population in Central and Eastern Europe.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2014
Kusza Szilvia, Podgórski Tomasz, Scandura Massimo, Borowik Tomasz, Jávor András, Sidorovich Vadim E, Bunevich Aleksei N, Kolesnikov Mikhail, Jędrzejewska Bogumiła
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The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is one of the most widely distributed mammals in Europe. Its demography was affected by various events in the past and today populations are increasing throughout Europe. We examined genetic diversity, structure and population dynamics of wild boar in Central and Eastern Europe. MtDNA control region (664 bp) was sequenced in 254 wild boar from six countries (Poland, Hungary, Belarus,...
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