Whole-genome sequencing reveals that Japanese and Ryukyu wild boars share a common ancestor
The wild boar (Sus scrofa) is widely distributed across Eurasia and has also colonized the Japanese archipelago, where two subspecies are recognized: the Japanese wild boar (JWB, Sus scrofa leucomystax) and the Ryukyu wild boar (RWB, Sus scrofa riukiuanus). Before this study, whole-genome sequence data were available for only a single wild boar from Japan whose geographic origin was unknown. As a…
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