Analyses of possible domestic pig contribution in two populations of finnishfarmed wild boar
Gongora J; Peltoniemi OAT; Tammen I; Raadsma H; Moran C
Abstract It is believed that some Finnish farmed “Wild Boars” may not originate fromgenuine European Wild Boar. To test this the D-loop mitochondrial sequence and nuclearglucosephosphate isomerase processed pseudogene (GPIP) and melanocortin receptor 1 (MC1R) genes wereanalysed in 41 Finnish farmed Wild Boar from two farms in order to determine if there was anyevidence of hybrid origins. D-loop sequences clustered with European domestic pigs and northernEuropean Wild Boars. On one farm, animals had both European and Asian/European GPIP genotypessuggestive of crossbreeding, while on the other, animals had exclusively European GPIP alleles. Oneanimal from the first farm also had a MC1R genotype, strongly indicative of crossbreeding withEuropean domestic pigs while the other 40 animals showed MC1R genotypes expected for genuineEuropean Wild Boar. Joint consideration of all markers suggests that domestic pigs may havecontributed to the origins of the “Wild Boar” on one of the farms.
Keywords D-loop; Gpip; Mc1r;D-loop region; Mitochondrial-dna; Sus scrofa; Origin;Polymorphism;Sequences; Breeds
Acta agriculturae Scandinavica. Section A, Animal science
0906-4702, Volume 53, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 161-165
