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Insular East Asia pig dispersal and vicariance inferred from Asian wild boar genetic evidence.
Journal of animal science - 1 Apr 2017
Li K Y, Li K T, Yang C H, Hwang M H, Chang S W, Lin S M, Wu H J, Basilio E B, Vega R S A, Laude R P, Ju Y T
Abstract excerpt
The Formosan wild boar () is an endemic subspecies in Taiwan. Understanding the origins and spread of the Formosan wild boar could help clarify East Asian wild boar dispersion. Although in situ domestication of the wild boar occurred at a number of domestication centers across East Asia, corroborating archaeological and genetic evidence of pig domestication on Taiwan is lacking, leading to domestication being...
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