mtDNA variation in Vietnamese pigs, with particular emphasis on the genetic relationship between wild boars from Vietnam and the Ryukyu Islands

To examine the genetic origin of Ryukyu wild boar, we sequenced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA: 574-bp) from Vietnamese wild boar and Vietnamese indigenous domestic pigs and compared these sequences with the mtDNA of Ryukyu wild boar by phylogenetic analysis. Numerous Vietnamese wild boars were geneticall...

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Published inMammal Study Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 51 - 58
Main Authors Ishiguro, Naotaka, Sasaki, Motoki, Iwasa, Mitsuhiro, Shigehara, Nobuo, Hongo, Hitomi, Anezaki, Tomoko, Long, Vu The, Lan, Dinh Thi Bich, Long, Phung Thang
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Tokyo the Mammalogical Society of Japan 01.06.2008
UniBio Press
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Domestic animals
domestic pig
Mitochondrial DNA
mtDNA
origin
Original papers
Swine
Vietnam
wild boar
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Summary:To examine the genetic origin of Ryukyu wild boar, we sequenced mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA: 574-bp) from Vietnamese wild boar and Vietnamese indigenous domestic pigs and compared these sequences with the mtDNA of Ryukyu wild boar by phylogenetic analysis. Numerous Vietnamese wild boars were genetically related to Ryukyu wild boar, suggesting that descendants of the ancestors of Ryukyu wild boar still inhabit Vietnam. The mtDNA sequences of Vietnamese indigenous domestic pigs are extremely diverse and are thought to have contributed to the diversity of mtDNA among East Asian domestic pigs.
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ISSN:1343-4152
1348-6160
1348-6160
DOI:10.3106/1348-6160(2008)33[51:MVIVPW]2.0.CO;2