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Novel Y-chromosome short tandem repeats in Sus scrofa and their variation in European wild boar and domestic pig populations.
Animal genetics - 1 Dec 2016
Iacolina L, Brajković V, Canu A, Šprem N, Cubric-Curik V, Fontanesi L, Saarma U, Apollonio M, Scandura M
Abstract excerpt
Y-chromosome markers are important tools for studying male-specific gene flow within and between populations, hybridization patterns and kinship. However, their use in non-human mammals is often hampered by the lack of Y-specific polymorphic markers. We identified new male-specific short tandem repeats (STRs) in Sus scrofa using the available genome sequence. We selected four polymorphic loci (5-10 alleles per...
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