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Genetic evidence of population admixture with European pigs and Southern Chinese pigs in Chinese indigenous Diqing Tibetan breed.
BMC genomics - 16 May 2026
Fang Suyun, Wang Yuzhan, Zhang Yuedong, Zhao Yiqiang, Hu Xiaoxiang, Yang Ruifei
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The Chinese native Diqing Tibetan pig has a long history of domestication and is distributed in the southernmost region of China compared to other Tibetan breeds. In this study, we performed whole-genome sequencing of the Diqing Tibetan pigs. By integrating previously published data, we explored the genetic structure, population diversity, and genetic introgression from commercial European pigs and...
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