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Evaluating evolutionary divergence with microsatellites.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Jan 1998
Paszek A A, Flickinger G H, Fontanesi L, Beattie C W, Rohrer G A, Alexander L, Schook L B
Abstract excerpt
We report the use of microsatellites (MS) to track the recent evolution of swine. Allelic frequencies for nine MS loci linked on swine chromosome 6 (SSC6) representing four western and one Chinese swine breeds were used to estimate genetic distances and times of breed divergence. A phylogenetic tree was constructed which partitioned into western and Meishan breed branches. Yorkshire and Hampshire breeds exhibited...
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