Clear phylogeographic pattern and genetic structure of wild boar Sus scrofa population in Central and Eastern Europe.

ABSTRACT: The wild boar Sus scrofa is one of the widely spread ungulate species in Europe, yet the origin and genetic structure of the population inhabiting Central and Eastern Europe are not well recognized. We analysed 101 newly obtained sequences of complete mtDNA genomes and 548 D-loop sequences of the species and combined them with previously published data. We identified five phylogenetic clades in Europe with clear phylogeographic pattern. Two of them occurred mainly in western and central part of the continent, while the range of the third clade covered North-Eastern, Central and South-Eastern Europe. The two other clades had rather restricted distribution. In Central Europe, we identified a contact zone of three mtDNA clades. Population genetic structure reflected clear phylogeographic patt

SUBMITTER: Niedzialkowska M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8102581 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature