Origin and Demographic History of Philippine Pigs Inferred from Mitochondrial DNA.

ABSTRACT: The Philippines is a mega-diverse country that lies at the crossroads of past human migrations in the Asia-Pacific region and is believed to have never been connected to the Asian continent, even during the major sea-level subsidence of the Quaternary. As a result, the history of pig dispersal in the Philippines remains controversial, due to limited molecular studies and absence of archaeological evidence of pig domestication. This study provides the first comprehensive analysis of 184 complete mitochondrial DNA D-loop region from Philippine pigs to elucidate their early dispersal history by performing a phylogenetic comparison with wild boars and domestic pigs worldwide. The results showed a demographic signal of the ancestry of Philippine pigs that had a close genetic relationship with t

SUBMITTER: Layos JKN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8822243 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature