Variation in mitochondrial DNA of Vietnamese pigs: relationships with Asian domestic pigs and Ryukyu wild boars.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences (574 bp) of 30 Vietnamese pigs (large and small) were examined and compared with those of 61 haplotypes from wild boars and domestic pigs from various locations in Asia. The large Vietnamese pigs had genetic links to Ryukyu wild boars in southern Japan. The small Vietnamese pigs were closely related to other East Asian domestic pigs. These results indicate that Vietnamese pigs are genetically diverse and may be descendents of wild and domestic pigs from other regions of Asia.
Hongo
Hitomi
H
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University, Aichi, Japan.
Ishiguro
Naotaka
N
Watanobe
Takuma
T
Shigehara
Nobuo
N
Anezaki
Tomoko
T
Long
Vu The
VT
Binh
Dang Vu
DV
Tien
Nguyen Trong
NT
Nam
Nguyen Huu
NH
D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D001483:Base Sequence; D001824:Body Constitution; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D012886:Skull / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013552:Swine / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics*; D014744:Vietnam
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial