PORCINE COLONIZATION OF THE AMERICAS: A 60K SNP STORY

The pig, Sus scrofa, originated in Southeast Asia ca 5.3 3.5 MYA (Groenen et al., 2012) the species subsequently colonized the rest of Eurasia and North Africa (Larson et al., 2005) but was absent from America before European colonization. Pigs, together with other livestock species like sheep, catt...

• 1. Verfasser: AGUIRRE RIOFRIO, EDGAR LENIN (author)
• Weitere Verfasser: BURGOS-PAZ, W. (author), SOUZA, CA (author), MEGENS, HJ (author), RAMAYO CALDAS, Y (author), MELO, M (author), LEMAS-FLORES, C (author), CAEL, E (author), SOTO, HW (author), MARTINEZ, R. (author), ALVAREZ, LA (author), IÑIGUEZ, V. (author), REVIDATTI, MA (author), MARTINEZ-LOPEZ, OR (author), LLAMBI, S (author), ESTEVE-CODINE, A (author), RODRIGUEZ, MC. (author), CROOLJMANS, RPMA (author), PAIVA, SR. (author), SCHOOK, LB. (author)
• Format: article
• Sprache: spa
• Veröffentlicht: 2012
• Schlagworte: pig; adaptation; Americas; phylogeography; altitude; selection
• Online Zugang: http://dspace.unl.edu.ec/jspui/handle/123456789/291