Journal article
Analyses of pig genomes provide insight into porcine demography and evolution.
Martien AM Groenen, Alan L Archibald, Hirohide Uenishi, Christopher K Tuggle, Yasuhiro Takeuchi, Max F Rothschild, Claire Rogel-Gaillard, Chankyu Park, Denis Milan, Hendrik-Jan Megens, Shengting Li, Denis M Larkin, Heebal Kim, Laurent AF Frantz, Mario Caccamo, Hyeonju Ahn, Bronwen L Aken, Anna Anselmo, Christian Anthon, Loretta Auvil Show all
Nature | Published : 2012
DOI: 10.1038/nature11622
Abstract
For 10,000 years pigs and humans have shared a close and complex relationship. From domestication to modern breeding practices, humans have shaped the genomes of domestic pigs. Here we present the assembly and analysis of the genome sequence of a female domestic Duroc pig (Sus scrofa) and a comparison with the genomes of wild and domestic pigs from Europe and Asia. Wild pigs emerged in South East Asia and subsequently spread across Eurasia. Our results reveal a deep phylogenetic split between European and Asian wild boars ∼1 million years ago, and a selective sweep analysis indicates selection on genes involved in RNA processing and regulation. Genes associated with immune response and olfac..
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