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The Biarzo case in northern Italy: is the temporal dynamic of swine mitochondrial DNA lineages in Europe related to domestication?
Scientific reports - 9 Nov 2015
Vai Stefania, Vilaça Sibelle Torres, Romandini Matteo, Benazzo Andrea, Visentini Paola, Modolo Marta, Bertolini Marco, MacQueen Peggy, Austin Jeremy, Cooper Alan, Caramelli David, Lari Martina, Bertorelle Giorgio
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Genetically-based reconstructions of the history of pig domestication in Europe are based on two major pillars: 1) the temporal changes of mitochondrial DNA lineages are related to domestication; 2) Near Eastern haplotypes which appeared and then disappeared in some sites across Europe are genetic markers of the first Near Eastern domestic pigs. We typed a small but informative fragment of the mitochondrial DNA...
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