title: Worldwide phylogeography of wild boar reveals multiple centers of pig domestication.
abstract: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences from 686 wild and domestic pig specimens place the origin of wild boar in island Southeast Asia (ISEA), where they dispersed across Eurasia. Previous morphological and genetic evidence suggested pig domestication took place in a limited number of locations (principally the Near East and Far East). In contrast, new genetic data reveal multiple centers of domestication across Eurasia and that European, rather than Near Eastern, wild boar are the principal source of modern European domestic pigs.
authors.affiliation: Henry Wellcome Ancient Biomolecules Centre, University of Oxford, Department of Zoology, South Parks Road OX1 3PS, UK. greger.larson@zoo.ox.ac.uk
authors.forename: Greger
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Larson
authors.forename: Keith
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dobney
authors.forename: Umberto
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Albarella
authors.forename: Meiying
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Matisoo-Smith
authors.forename: Judith
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Robins
authors.forename: Stewart
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lowden
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Finlayson
authors.forename: Tina
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Brand
authors.forename: Eske
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Willerslev
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Rowley-Conwy
authors.forename: Leif
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cooper
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D000835:Animals, Wild / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics; D001208:Asia; D044362:Australasia; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe; D005828:Genetics, Population; D005843:Geography; D006239:Haplotypes; D007194:India; D008390:Markov Chains; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D010802:Phylogeny; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics*; D013995:Time
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial