Analysis of the genetic variation in mitochondrial DNA, Y-chromosome sequences, and MC1R sheds light on the ancestry of Nigerian indigenous pigs

BACKGROUND: The history of pig populations in Africa remains controversial due to insufficient evidence from archaeological and genetic data. Previously, a Western ancestry for West African pigs was reported based on loci that are involved in the determination of coat color. We investigated the gene...

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Published in:Genet Sel Evol
Main Authors: Adeola, Adeniyi C., Oluwole, Olufunke O., Oladele, Bukola M., Olorungbounmi, Temilola O., Boladuro, Bamidele, Olaogun, Sunday C., Nneji, Lotanna M., Sanke, Oscar J., Dawuda, Philip M., Omitogun, Ofelia G., Frantz, Laurent, Murphy, Robert W., Xie, Hai-Bing, Peng, Min-Sheng, Zhang, Ya-Ping
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Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2017
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485568/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28651519
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-017-0326-1
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