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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Autores principales: 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
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5485568/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28651519
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12711-017-0326-1

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