| evolutionary patterns of toll-like receptor signaling pathway genes in the suidae. | the toll-like receptor (tlr) signaling pathway constitutes an essential component of the innate immune system. highly conserved proteins, indicative of their critical roles in host survival, characterize this pathway. selective constraints could vary depending on the gene's position within the pathway as tlr signaling is a sequential process and that genes downstream of the tlrs may be more selectively constrained to ensure efficient immune responses given the important role of downstream genes ... | 2016 | 26860534 |
| phylogeny and ancient dna of sus provides insights into neolithic expansion in island southeast asia and oceania. | human settlement of oceania marked the culmination of a global colonization process that began when humans first left africa at least 90,000 years ago. the precise origins and dispersal routes of the austronesian peoples and the associated lapita culture remain contentious, and numerous disparate models of dispersal (based primarily on linguistic, genetic, and archeological data) have been proposed. here, through the use of mtdna from 781 modern and ancient sus specimens, we provide evidence for ... | 2007 | 17360400 |
| haemaphysalis (garnhamphysalis) rusae (ixodoidea: ixodidae): identity, deer and pig hosts, and distribution in luzon and mindanao. | haemaphysalis (garnhamphysalis) rusae kohls, previously known only from three male ticks from mindanao, philippines, is a seldom collected but probably common parasite of the philippine deer, cervus (rusa) philippinus, and wild pig, sus celebensis philippensis, in forests of mindanao and luzon. a single female taken from a wallaby in papua new guinea is presumed to result from an introduction with the philippine deer. the male, originally briefly described, is redescribed to provide criteria for ... | 1983 | 6827439 |
| adaptive evolution of toll-like receptors (tlrs) in the family suidae. | members of the family suidae have diverged over extended evolutionary periods in diverse environments, suggesting that adaptation in response to endemic infectious agents may have occurred. toll-like receptors (tlrs) comprise a multigene family that acts as the first line of defense against infectious microbes at the host-environment interface. we hypothesized that across the suidae, positive selection mediated by infectious agents has contributed to the evolution of tlr diversity. thus, we anal ... | 2015 | 25894218 |
| the liang bua faunal remains: a 95k.yr. sequence from flores, east indonesia. | excavations at liang bua, a limestone cave on the island of flores, east indonesia, have yielded a well-dated archaeological and faunal sequence spanning the last 95k.yr., major climatic fluctuations, and two human species -h. floresiensis from 95 to 17k.yr.(1), and modern humans from 11k.yr. to the present. the faunal assemblage comprises well-preserved mammal, bird, reptile and mollusc remains, including examples of island gigantism in small mammals and the dwarfing of large taxa. together wit ... | 2009 | 19058833 |
| comparative cytogenetic studies in sus verrucosus, sus celebensis and sus scrofa vittatus (suidae, mammalia). | chromosome studies on the javan warty pig (sus verrucosus), the sulawesi warty pig (s. celebensis) and a subspecies of the wild boar, s. scrofa vittatus, have revealed diploid chromosome numbers of 38. the morphology and c-band size of chromosome 10 are different in s. verrucosus and the two other species. both s. verrucosus and s. celebensis have a y chromosome that is larger than the y chromosome of domestic and wild s. scrofa, and is submetacentric rather than metacentric. there are differenc ... | 1991 | 1879688 |
| retrospective characterization of reproductive tract lesions in relation to age, parity, and contraception in captive suidae and tayassuidae. | reproductive management in zoos requires contraception or physical separation of sexes to ensure captive population viability, but information is sparse on the effects of parity, age, and contraceptive use on lifetime reproductive health in captive suidae and tayassuidae species. this retrospective study evaluated reproductive tissues and histories from babirusa (babyrousa babyrussa), red river hog (potamochoerus porcus), visayan warty pig (sus cebifrons), common warthog (phacochoerus africanus) ... | 2019 | 30690318 |
| the complete mitochondrial genome of celebes wild boar, sus celebensis (cetartiodactyla: suina: suidae), and comparative mitochondrial genomics of the sus species. | in this study, the complete mitochondrial (mt) genome sequence of sus celebensis was firstly determined. the total genome was 16,481 bp in length and its overall base composition was estimated to be 34.9% for a, 25.8% for t, 26.2% for c, 13.1% for g, respectively, indicating an a-t (60.7%)-rich feature in celebes wild boar mitogenome. it harbored 13 protein-coding genes, two ribosomal rna genes, 22 transfer rna genes and a non-coding control region (d-loop region). comparisons with other publicl ... | 2016 | 25162119 |