Population phylogenomic analysis of mitochondrial DNA in wild boars and domestic pigs revealed multiple domestication events in East Asia
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- 1 January 2007
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Genome Biology
- Vol. 8 (11), R245
- https://doi.org/10.1186/gb-2007-8-11-r245
Abstract
Previously reported evidence indicates that pigs were independently domesticated in multiple places throughout the world. However, a detailed picture of the origin and dispersal of domestic pigs in East Asia has not yet been reported.Keywords
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