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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2009-01-01
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Series: | PLoS Genetics |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2613536?pdf=render |