Contrasting mode of evolution at a coat color locus in wild and domestic pigs.

Despite having only begun approximately 10,000 years ago, the process of domestication has resulted in a degree of phenotypic variation within individual species normally associated with much deeper evolutionary time scales. Though many variable traits found in domestic animals are the result of rel...

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Main Authors: Meiying Fang, Greger Larson, Helena Soares Ribeiro, Ning Li, Leif Andersson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-01-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2613536?pdf=render