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Wild pigs (Sus scrofa) population as reservoirs for deleterious mutations in the RYR1 gene associated with Porcine Stress Syndrome

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Highlights • First record of presence the RYR1 deleterious allele in wild pigs from Argentina.• The second work that reports it in wild pigs worldwide.• We found 6.6% of wild… Click to show full abstract

Highlights • First record of presence the RYR1 deleterious allele in wild pigs from Argentina.• The second work that reports it in wild pigs worldwide.• We found 6.6% of wild pigs carried the RYR1 gene mutation.• Evidence on a possible genetic flow between wild and domestic pigs.• Wild pigs could be a possible reservoir of the deleterious allele of the RYR1 gene.

Keywords: ryr1 gene; sus scrofa; wild pigs; scrofa population; pigs sus

Journal Title: Veterinary and Animal Science
Year Published: 2021

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