Genetic evidence for introgression between domestic pigs and wild boars (sus scrofa) in belgium and luxembourg: A comparative approach with multiple marker systems

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 104-115

  Frantz, Alain C ^a,b   Zachos, Frank E ^c,d   Kirschning, Julia ^d   Cellina, Sandra ^e   Bertouille, Sabine ^f   Mamuris, Zissis ^g   Koutsogiannouli, Evagelia A ^g   Burke, Terry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b National Museum of Natural History   (Luxembourg)

^c NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM WIEN   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^e Ministère du Développement durable et des Infrastructures   (Luxembourg)

^f Service Public de Wallonie   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Control region; Feral; Hybridization; MC1R; Microsatellites; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

CAPTIVE POPULATION; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; DOMESTIC SPECIES; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FERAL ORGANISM; GENETIC MARKER; HYBRID; HYBRIDIZATION; INTROGRESSION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PIG; WILD POPULATION;

BELGIUM; LUXEMBOURG [BELGIUM];

SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; SUS SCROFA DOMESTICA;

EID: 84881611816     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: 10958312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bij.12111     Document Type: Article

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