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Revisiting Genetic Relationships of the Endangered Austrian Turopolje With Balkan and Commercial Pig Breeds Using Genome-Wide SNP Data.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2026
Cannarella Marco Santo, Sölkner Johann, Bruno Silvia, Ciani Elena, Mészáros Gábor
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The endangered Austrian Turopolje (AT) pig population, which originated from six Croatian Turopolje founders imported during the early 1990s, is nowadays preserved through a national conservation project. This study aims to identify genetic relations, genetic distances and migration events between the AT population, four Austrian commercial breeds, and seven local Balkan breeds, as well as their inbreeding levels...
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