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ArticleGenetics, selection, evolution : GSE2015

Ancient DNA sheds light on the ancestry of pre-hispanic Canarian pigs.

Iñigo Olalde, Juan Capote, María C Del-Arco, Pablo Atoche, Teresa Delgado, Rafael González-Anton, Jorge Pais, Marcel Amills, Carles Lalueza-Fox, Oscar Ramírez

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Iñigo OlaldeInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC - Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain. inigo.olalde@gmail.com.
Juan CapoteInstituto Canario de Investigaciones Agrarias, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. jcapote@icia.es.
María C Del-ArcoDepartamento de Geografía e Historia, Universidad de La Laguna, La Laguna, Tenerife, Spain. cardarco@ull.es.
Pablo AtocheDepartamento de Ciencias Históricas, Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. pabloatoche@gmail.com.
Teresa DelgadoMuseo Canario, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. tdelgado@elmuseocanario.com.
Rafael González-AntonMuseo de la Naturaleza y el Hombre-M Arqueológico, Tenerife, Spain. rganton@museosdetenerife.org.
Jorge PaisMuseo Arqueológico Benahorita, La Palma, Spain. jorge.pais@cablapalma.es.
Marcel AmillsCenter for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CSIC-IRTA-UAB-UB), Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra, Spain. marcel.amills@uab.cat.
Carles Lalueza-FoxInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC - Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain. carles.lalueza@upf.edu.
Oscar RamírezInstitut de Biologia Evolutiva (CSIC - Universitat Pompeu Fabra), Barcelona, Spain. oscar.ramirez@upf.edu.

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Abstract

backgroundCanarian Black (CB) pigs belong to an autochthonous and endangered breed, which is spread throughout the Canarian archipelago. It is commonly accepted that they represent a relic of the pig populations that were bred by the Berbers in North Africa over millennia. It is important to note that the geographic isolation of the Canary Islands has preserved this genetic legacy intact from foreign introgressions until the Spanish conquest of the archipelago in the 15(th) century. Ten years ago, it was demonstrated that, in CB pigs, the frequency of the Asian A2 cytochrome-b haplogroup reached 73%. The current work aimed at investigating whether this observation is explained by either a recent or an ancient introgression of CB pigs with Far Eastern pigs.

resultsGenetic analyses of 23 ancient samples from pre-hispanic Canarian pigs (420 to 2500 years before present) showed that Near Eastern and Far Eastern genetic signatures were totally absent in the primitive Canarian pre-hispanic pigs. Indeed, the haplotypes detected in these pigs were closely related to those of North African and European wild boars.

conclusionsOur results demonstrate that the high frequency of the Far Eastern mitochondrial cytochrome B A2 haplotype in modern Canarian Black pigs probably corresponds to a relatively recent introgression with British breeds.

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