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Analysis of the genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome sequences, and MC1R sheds light on the ancestry of Nigerian indigenous pigs.
Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE - 26 Jun 2017
Adeola Adeniyi C, Oluwole Olufunke O, Oladele Bukola M, Olorungbounmi Temilola O, Boladuro Bamidele, Olaogun Sunday C, Nneji Lotanna M, Sanke Oscar J, Dawuda Philip M, Omitogun Ofelia G, Frantz Laurent, Murphy Robert W, Xie Hai-Bing, Peng Min-Sheng, Zhang Ya-Ping
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BACKGROUND: The history of pig populations in Africa remains controversial due to insufficient evidence from archaeological and genetic data. Previously, a Western ancestry for West African pigs was reported based on loci that are involved in the determination of coat color. We investigated the genetic diversity of Nigerian indigenous pigs (NIP) by simultaneously analyzing variation in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA),...
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