Signatures of diversifying selection in European pig breeds

• Published in: PLoS genetics Vol. 9; no. 4; p. e1003453
• Main Authors: Wilkinson, Samantha, Lu, Zen H, Megens, Hendrik-Jan, Archibald, Alan L, Haley, Chris, Jackson, Ian J, Groenen, Martien A M, Crooijmans, Richard P M A, Ogden, Rob, Wiener, Pamela
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 01.04.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Agriculture; Animals; artificial selection; Biological diversity; Biology; Breeding; coat color; Comparative analysis; complex traits; ear size; fatty-acid-composition; Genetics; Genome; Genomes; Genomics; Hogs; Identification and classification; kit-ligand; Livestock; Observations; Phenotype; Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; Quantitative Trait Loci; Selection, Genetic; Single nucleotide polymorphisms; skin pigmentation; Sus scrofa - genetics; Swine; teat number; wild boar; United Kingdom

Following domestication, livestock breeds have experienced intense selection pressures for the development of desirable traits. This has resulted in a large diversity of breeds that display variation in many phenotypic traits, such as coat colour, muscle composition, early maturity, growth rate, bod...