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SUBMITTER: Ramos-Onsins SE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4815588 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ramos-Onsins S E SE Burgos-Paz W W Manunza A A Amills M M
Heredity 20140730 6
Pig domestication began around 9000 YBP in the Fertile Crescent and Far East, involving marked morphological and genetic changes that occurred in a relatively short window of time. Identifying the alleles that drove the behavioural and physiological transformation of wild boars into pigs through artificial selection constitutes a formidable challenge that can only be faced from an interdisciplinary perspective. Indeed, although basic facts regarding the demography of pig domestication and disper ...[more]