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Asia-wide phylogeography of wild boar (Sus scrofa) based on mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome: Revising the migration routes of wild boar in Asia.
PloS one - 1 Jan 2020
Choi Sung Kyoung, Kim Kyung Seok, Ranyuk Maryana, Babaev Elmar, Voloshina Inna, Bayarlkhagva Damdingiin, Chong Jong-Ryol, Ishiguro Naotaka, Yu Li, Min Mi-Sook, Lee Hang, Markov Nickolay
Abstract excerpt
Genetics of pigs has been well studied in Europe and Asia, but most of previous studies of molecular phylogeny of Sus scrofa have been based on sequences of both wild and domestic forms. In this study we analysed genetic traits of Sus scrofa from 13 regions in Asia (including previously undisclosed Eastern Caucasus and Trans-Baikal regions) using purely wild boar samples. Mitochondrial control region and...
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