Are juvenile domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica) sensitive to the attentive states of humans?--The impact of impulsivity on choice behaviour.

A test for paedomorphism in domestic pig cranial morphology

Domestic animals are often described as paedomorphic, meaning that they retain juvenile characteristics into adulthood. Through a three-dimensional landmark-based geometric morphometric analysis of cranial morphology at three growth stages, we demonstrate that wild boar (n = 138) and domestic pigs (n = 106) (Sus scrofa) follow distinct ontogenetic trajectories. With the exception of the size ra...

Genetic diversity in wild (Sus scrofa scrofa) and domestic (Sus scrofa domestica) pigs and their hybrids based on polymorphism of a fragment of the D-loop region in the mitochondrial DNA.

We examined the variation in mitochondrial DNA by sequencing the D-loop region in wild and domestic (large-white breed) pigs, in hybrids between domestic and wild pigs, and in Monteiro pigs. A D-loop fragment of approximately 330 bp was amplified by PCR. Sequencing of DNA amplicons identified haplotypes previously described as European and Asian types. Monteiro pigs and wild pigs had European h...

THE INTESTINAL TRACT AND THE PEYER’S PATCH DIMENSIONS OF WILD BOARS (Sus scrofa L., 1758) AND DOMESTIC PIGS (Sus scrofa f. domestica). AN ALLOMETRIC COMPARISON

Microsatellite-based characterization of Southern African domestic pigs (Sus scrofa domestica)

H. Swart, A. Kotze, P.A.S. Olivier and J.P. Grobler 1 Department of Biodiversity, University of Limpopo, P/Bag X1106, Sovenga 0272, South Africa 2 Animal Improvement Institute, Agricultural Research Council, P/Bag X2, Irene 0062, South Africa 3 Department of Genetics, University of the Free State, PO Box 339, Bloemfontein 9300, South Africa 4 National Zoological Gardens of South Africa, PO Box ...

Title Variation in Mitochondrial DNA of Vietnamese Pigs: Relationships with Asian Domestic Pigs and Ryukyu Wild Boars

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences (574 bp) of 30 Vietnamese pigs (large and small) were examined and compared with those of 61 haplotypes from wild boars and domestic pigs from various locations in Asia. The large Vietnamese pigs had genetic links to Ryukyu wild boars in southern Japan. The small Vietnamese pigs were closely related to other East Asian domestic pigs. These results indicate th...