Genomic and morphometric evidence for Austronesian-mediated pig translocation in the Pacific.
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Science. 2026 Jan;391(6780):eadv4963. doi: 10.1126/science.adv4963. Epub 2026 Jan 1.
Science. 2026.
PMID: 41477890
Our analyses demonstrate that free-living and domestic pigs in Wallacea and Oceania have diverse ancestries resulting from the introduction of multiple sequential pig populations followed by gene flow. Despite the variability in their genomic an …
Our analyses demonstrate that free-living and domestic pigs in Wallacea and Oceania have diverse ancestries resulting from the introd …