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Worldwide Phylogeography of Wild Boar Reveals Multiple Centers of Pig Domestication

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ID23356996
AuthorsGreger Larson (0000-0002-4092-0392, University of Oxford, corresponding author), Keith Dobney (0000-0001-9036-4681, University of Oxford), U Albarella (0000-0001-5092-0532, Uppsala University), Meiying Fang (0000-0001-8732-745X, University of Oxford), Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith (0000-0002-3500-8307, University of Oxford), Judith Robins (University of Oxford), Stewart Lowden (University of Oxford), Heather Finlayson (0000-0002-4552-1390, University of Oxford), Tina Brand (University of Oxford), Tina B Brand (Uppsala University), E Willerslev (0000-0002-7081-6748, University of Oxford), P A Rowley‐conwy (0000-0002-9494-3151, Uppsala University), Peter Rowley-Conwy (University of Oxford), Leif Andersson (0000-0002-4085-6968, University of Oxford), Alan Cooper (0000-0002-7738-7851, University of Oxford, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume307
Issue5715
Pages1618-1621
Publication date2005-03-11
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueScience (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0036-8075 • E-ISSN: 0193-4511
PublisherAmerican Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1126/science.1106927
PMID15761152
OpenAlexW2119992455
LanguageEN
Citations received98
References cited14

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 686 wild and domestic pig specimens place the origin of wild boar in island Southeast Asia (ISEA), where they dispersed across Eurasia. Previous morphological and genetic evidence suggested pig domestication took place in a limited number of locations (principally the Near East and Far East). In contrast, new genetic data reveal multiple centers of domestication across Eurasia and that European, rather than Near Eastern, wild boar are the principal source of modern European domestic pigs.

Ancient DNA · Archaeology · Biology · Domestic pig · Domestication · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Geography · Mitochondrial DNA · Phylogenetics · Phylogeography · Population · Wild boar · Zoology · Demography · Ecology · Genetic and phenotypic traits in livestock · Genetic diversity and population structure · Genetics · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation

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