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Background  China is the country with the most abundant swine genetic resources in the world. Through thousands of years of domestication and natural selection, most of pigs in China have developed unique genetic characteristics. Finding the unique genetic characteristics and modules of each breed is an essential part of their precise conservation.    Results  In this study, we used the partial least squares method to identify the significant specific SNPs of 19 local Chinese pig breeds and 5 Western pig breeds. A total of 37,514 significant specific SNPs ( p  < 0.01) were obtained from these breeds, and the Chinese local pig breed with the most significant SNPs was Hongdenglong (HD), followed by Jiaxing black (JX), Huaibei (HB), Bihu (BH), small Meishan (SMS), Shengxian Hua (SH), Jiangquhai (JQ), Mi (MI), Chunan (CA), Chalu (CL), Jinhualiangtouwu (JHL), Fengjing (FJ), middle Meishan (MMS), Shanzhu (SZ), Pudong white (PD), Dongchuan (DC), Erhualian (EH), Shawutou (SW) and Lanxi Hua (LX) pig.  Furthermore, we identified the breeds with the most significant genes, GO terms, pathways, and networks using KOBAS and IPA and then ranked them separately. The results showed that the breeds with the highest number of interaction networks were Hongdenglong (12) and Huaibei (12) pigs. In contrast, the breeds with the lowest interaction networks were Shawutou (4) and Lanxi Hua pigs (3), indicating that Hongdenglong and Huaibei pigs might have the most significant genetic modules in their genome, whereas Shawutou and Lanxi Hua pigs may have the least unique characteristics. To some degree, the identified specific pathways and networks are related to the number of genes and SNPs linked to the specific breeds, but they do not appear to be the same. Most importantly, more significant modules were found to be related to the development and function of the digestive system, regulation of diseases, and metabolism of amino acids in the local Chinese pig breeds, whereas more significant modules were found to be related to the growth rate in the Western pig breeds.    Conclusion  Our results show that each breed has some relatively unique structural modules and functional characteristics. These modules allow us to better understand the genetic differences among local Chinese and Western pig breeds and therefore implement precise conservation methods. This study could provide a basis for formulating more effective strategies for managing and protecting these genetic resources in the future.    Supplementary Information  The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12864-021-07476-7.

Identifying the unique characteristics of the Chinese indigenous pig breeds in the Yangtze River Delta region for precise conservation