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African bushpigs exhibit porous species boundaries and appeared in Madagascar concurrently with human arrival

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  • Renzo F. Balboa

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Laura D. Bertola

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Anna Brüniche-Olsen

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Malthe Sebro Rasmussen

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Xiaodong Liu

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Guillaume Besnard

    (Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier)

  • Jordi Salmona

    (Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier)

  • Cindy G. Santander

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Shixu He

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Dietmar Zinner

    (German Primate Center, Leibniz Institute for Primate Research
    Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
    Leibniz Science Campus Primate Cognition)

  • Miguel Pedrono

    (Campus International de Baillarguet)

  • Vincent Muwanika

    (Makerere University)

  • Charles Masembe

    (Makerere University)

  • Mikkel Schubert

    (University of Copenhagen
    University of Copenhagen)

  • Josiah Kuja

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Liam Quinn

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Genís Garcia-Erill

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Frederik Filip Stæger

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Rianja Rakotoarivony

    (Campus International de Baillarguet)

  • Margarida Henrique

    (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência)

  • Long Lin

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Xi Wang

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Michael P. Heaton

    (US Meat Animal Research Center)

  • Timothy P. L. Smith

    (US Meat Animal Research Center)

  • Kristian Hanghøj

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Mikkel-Holger S. Sinding

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Anagaw Atickem

    (Addis Ababa University)

  • Lounès Chikhi

    (Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier
    Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência)

  • Christian Roos

    (Leibniz Institute for Primate Research)

  • Philippe Gaubert

    (Université Toulouse Paul Sabatier
    Universidade do Porto, Terminal de Cruzeiros do Porto de Leixões)

  • Hans R. Siegismund

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Ida Moltke

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Anders Albrechtsen

    (University of Copenhagen)

  • Rasmus Heller

    (University of Copenhagen)

Abstract

Several African mammals exhibit a phylogeographic pattern where closely related taxa are split between West/Central and East/Southern Africa, but their evolutionary relationships and histories remain controversial. Bushpigs (Potamochoerus larvatus) and red river hogs (P. porcus) are recognised as separate species due to morphological distinctions, a perceived lack of interbreeding at contact, and putatively old divergence times, but historically, they were considered conspecific. Moreover, the presence of Malagasy bushpigs as the sole large terrestrial mammal shared with the African mainland raises intriguing questions about its origin and arrival in Madagascar. Analyses of 67 whole genomes revealed a genetic continuum between the two species, with putative signatures of historical gene flow, variable FST values, and a recent divergence time (

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  • Renzo F. Balboa & Laura D. Bertola & Anna Brüniche-Olsen & Malthe Sebro Rasmussen & Xiaodong Liu & Guillaume Besnard & Jordi Salmona & Cindy G. Santander & Shixu He & Dietmar Zinner & Miguel Pedrono &, 2024. "African bushpigs exhibit porous species boundaries and appeared in Madagascar concurrently with human arrival," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-15, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:15:y:2024:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-44105-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-44105-1
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