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Genetic relationship and distribution of the Japanese wild boar ( Sus scrofa leucomystax ) and Ryukyu wild boar ( Sus scrofa riukiuanus ) analysed by mitochondrial DNA
Author(s) -
Watanobe T.,
Okumura N.,
Ishiguro N.,
Nakano M.,
Matsui A.,
Sahara M.,
Komatsu M.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
molecular ecology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.619
H-Index - 225
eISSN - 1365-294X
pISSN - 0962-1083
DOI - 10.1046/j.1365-294x.1999.00729.x
Subject(s) - wild boar , biology , mitochondrial dna , cytochrome b , phylogenetic tree , mtdna control region , boar , domestic pig , haplotype , lineage (genetic) , zoology , genetics , gene , genotype , ecology , forestry , sperm , geography
Mitochondrial genetic variations were used to investigate the relationships between two Japanese wild boars, Japanese wild boar ( Sus scrofa leucomystax ) and Ryukyu wild boar ( S.s. riukiuanus ). Nucleotide sequences of the control (27 haplotypes) and cytochrome b ( cyt‐b ) regions (19 haplotypes) were determined from 59 Japanese wild boars, 13 Ryukyu wild boars and 22 other boars and pigs. From phylogenetic analyses, the mtDNA of Ryukyu wild boar has a distinct lineage from that of Japanese wild boar, which was classified into the Asian pig lineage. This result suggests that the Ryukyu wild boar has a separate origin from the Japanese wild boar.