Signals of Pig Ancestry in Wild Boar, <i>Sus scrofa</i>, from Eastern Austria: Current Hybridisation or Incomplete Gene Pool Differentiation and Historical Introgressions?

Signals of Pig Ancestry in Wild Boar, <i>Sus scrofa</i>, from Eastern Austria: Current Hybridisation or Incomplete Gene Pool Differentiation and Historical Introgressions?

In wild boar, <i>Sus scrofa</i>, from Europe, domestic pig-typical ancestry is traced at varying levels. We hypothesised wild boar with pig-typical gene pool characteristics, i.e., “introgression”, congregate more in peri-urban habitats, because of less shyness and better adaptation to a...

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Main Authors: Denise Böheim, Felix Knauer, Milomir Stefanović, Richard Zink, Anna Kübber-Heiss, Annika Posautz, Christoph Beiglböck, Andrea Dressler, Verena Strauss, Helmut Dier, Mihajla Djan, Nevena Veličković, Chavdar Dinev Zhelev, Steve Smith, Franz Suchentrunk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-06-01
Series:Diversity
Subjects:
wild boar
domestic pig
<i>Sus scrofa</i>
gene pool
genetic structure and admixture
gene pool introgression
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/6/790

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