Ancient Genomics Reveals the Origin, Dispersal, and Human Management of East Asian Domestic Pigs.

ABSTRACT: Pigs are the most commercially important modern livestock animal in East Asia. Numerous aspects of their domestication history remain unclear, however, including the geographic center of their domestication, their subsequent dispersal routes, and the emergence of phenotypic traits specific to domestic pigs. To address these questions, we generated 21 nuclear genomes and 23 mitogenomes from ancient domestic pigs and wild boar from 5,800 BCE to 1,300 CE across China. Our analyses of newly generated and previously published Eurasian suid genomes confirmed Northern China and eliminated Southwestern China as the domestication origin of modern East Asian pigs. Following their association with people and the first appearance of black coat coloration, Northern Chinese domestic pigs dispersed along

SUBMITTER: Han Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12461208 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature