Detection of hybrids between wild boars (Sus scrofa scrofa) and domestic pigs (Sus scrofa f. domestica) in Greece, using the PCR-RFLP method on melanocortin-1 receptor (MC1R) mutations

Mammalian Biology

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 69-73

  Koutsogiannouli, Evagelia A ^a   Moutou, Katerina A ^a   Sarafidou, Theologia ^a   Stamatis, Costas ^a   Mamuris, Zissis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

hybrids; MC1R; Sus scrofa

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC SPECIES; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRID; INTROGRESSION; MUTATION; PIG; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM; WILD POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA; SUS SCROFA SCROFA;

EID: 72049113859     PISSN: 16165047     EISSN: 16181476     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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