title: Contact Zone of Asian and European Wild Boar at North West of Iran.
abstract: Wild boar (Sus scrofa) are widely distributed throughout the Old World. Most studies have focused on Europe and East Asia with the genetic diversity of West Asia being less well studied. In particular, the genetic variability and genetic structure of the Iranian populations are not yet known; gaps which prevent scientists from resolving the genetic relationships of the Eurasian wild boar. This paper is the first attempt to provide information about genetic relationships among modern Iranian populations of the Eurasian wild boar (S. scrofa) by sequencing 572 bp of the mitochondrial (mt) DNA control region. As a result of this investigation, it was discovered that Iran contains not only Middle Eastern haplotypes, but also shares haplotypes with Europe and East Asia. The Italian clade, which is endemic in Italy, is not identified in Iran, while all other clades, including Asiatic, European, Near East 1, and Near East 2 are found based on the phylogenetic tree and median-joining network. The results of this study illustrate that north west of Iran (specifically Southwest Caspian Sea) is the contact zone between the Asian (Near Eastern and Far Eastern), and the European clades. In light of the fact that the domestication of pigs occurs in Anatolia, this finding is important.
authors.affiliation: Department of Fishery and Environment, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran.
authors.forename: Parinaz
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Khalilzadeh
authors.affiliation: Department of Fishery and Environment, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid Reza
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Rezaei
authors.affiliation: Department of Natural Resources, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran.
authors.forename: Davoud
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fadakar
authors.affiliation: Department of Fishery and Environment, Gorgan University of Agricultural Science and Natural Resources, Gorgan, Golestan, Iran.
authors.forename: Malihe
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Serati
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Khorasan Razavi, Iran.
authors.forename: Mansour
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aliabadian
authors.affiliation: PalaeoBARN, Research Laboratory for Archaeology and History of Art, Institute of Archaeology, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom.
authors.forename: James
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Haile
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Sciences, College of Environment, Karaj, Alborz, Iran.
authors.forename: Hamid
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Goshtasb
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia; D020029:Base Pairing / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics; D005060:Europe; D005843:Geography; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics; D007492:Iran; D010802:Phylogeny; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D034421:Sus scrofa / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial