Romanian wild boars and Mangalitza pigs have a European ancestry and harbour genetic signatures compatible with past population bottlenecks
| Autor: | Arianna Manunza, Armand Sánchez, Antonia Noce, Shahin Eghbalsaied, Valentin A. Balteanu, M. Portell, A. Mercadé, Marcel Amills, Betlem Cabrera, E. Carrillo de Albornoz, Ali Zidi |
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| Přispěvatelé: | European Commission, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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0301 basic medicine
Heterozygote endocrine system Sus scrofa Runs of Homozygosity Article 03 medical and health sciences Wild boar biology.animal Animals Genotyping Phylogeny Genetics Genetic diversity Multidisciplinary Genome biology Romania urogenital system Haplotype Homozygote Outbreak Genetic Variation Mitochondria 030104 developmental biology Population bottleneck Genetics Population Inbreeding |
| Zdroj: | Digital.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC instname Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona Scientific Reports |
| Popis: | We aimed to analyse the genetic diversity of Romanian wild boars and to compare it with that from other wild boar and pig populations from Europe and Asia. Partial sequencing of the mitochondrial encoded cytochrome b (MT-CYB) gene from 36 Romanian wild boars and 36 domestic pigs (Mangalitza, Bazna and Vietnamese breeds) showed that the diversity of Romanian wild boars and Mangalitza pigs is fairly reduced and that most of the members of these two populations share a common MT-CYB haplotype. Besides, in strong contrast with the Bazna animals, Romanian wild boars and Mangalitza swine did not carry Asian variants at the MT-CYB locus. The autosomal genotyping of 18 Romanian wild boars with the Illumina Porcine SNP60 BeadChip revealed that their genetic background is fundamentally European, even though signs of a potential Near Eastern ancestry (~25%) were detectable at K = 4 (the most significant number of clusters), but not at higher K-values. Admixture analysis also showed that two wild boars are of a hybrid origin, which could be explained by the mating of feral animals with domestic pigs. Finally, a number of Romanian wild boars displayed long runs of homozygosity, an observation that is consistent with the occurrence of past population bottlenecks and the raise of inbreeding possibly due to overhunting or to the outbreak of infectious diseases. This article was published under the frame of the European Social Fund, Human Resources Development Operational Program 2007–2013, project no. POSDRU/159/1.5/S/132765 awarded to VB. Part of the research presented in this publication was funded by grant AGL2013-48742-C2-1-R awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity to MA. We also acknowledge the support of the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitivity for the Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa 2016-2019 (SEV-2015-0533) grant awarded to the Center for Research in Agricultural Genomics. |
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