Whole-genome sequencing of European autochthonous and commercial pig breeds allows the detection of signatures of selection for adaptation of genetic resources to different breeding and production systems.
Samuele BovoAnisa RibaniMaria MuñozEstefania AlvesJose P AraujoRiccardo BozziMarjeta Čandek-PotokarRui CharnecaFederica Di PalmaGraham EtheringtonAna I FernandezFabián GarcíaJuan García-CascoDanijel KarolyiMaurizio GalloVladimir MargetaJosé Manuel MartinsMarie J MercatGiulia MoscatelliYolanda NúñezRaquel QuintanillaČedomir RadovićVioleta RazmaiteJuliette RiquetRadomir SavićGiuseppina SchiavoGraziano UsaiValerio J UtzeriChristoph ZimmerCristina OviloLuca FontanesiPublished in: Genetics, selection, evolution : GSE (2020)
Our findings provide a catalogue of genetic variants of many European pig populations and identify genome regions that can explain, at least in part, the phenotypic diversity of these genetic resources.