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Human-Mediated Admixture and Selection Shape the Diversity on the Modern Swine (Sus scrofa) Y Chromosomes.
Molecular biology and evolution - 27 Oct 2021
Ai Huashui, Zhang Mingpeng, Yang Bin, Goldberg Amy, Li Wanbo, Ma Junwu, Brandt Debora, Zhang Zhiyan, Nielsen Rasmus, Huang Lusheng
Abstract excerpt
Throughout its distribution across Eurasia, domestic pig (Sus scrofa) populations have acquired differences through natural and artificial selection, and have often interbred. We resequenced 80 Eurasian pigs from nine different Asian and European breeds; we identify 42,288 reliable SNPs on the Y chromosome in a panel of 103 males, among which 96.1% are newly detected. Based on these new data, we elucidate the...
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