The Balkans and the colonization of Europe: the post-glacial range expansion of the wild boar, Sus scrofa

: Alexandri P, Triantafyllidis A, Papakostas S, Chatzinikos E, Platis P, Papageorgiou N, Larson G, Abatzopoulos TJ, Triantaphyllidis C

Publisher: WILEY-BLACKWELL

: 2012

: Journal of Biogeography

: JOURNAL OF BIOGEOGRAPHY

: J BIOGEOGR

: 4

: 39

: 4

: 713

: 723

: 11

: 0305-0270

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2011.02636.x

Main conclusions Our data reveal numerous novel and geographically restricted haplotypes in wild boar populations, suggesting the presence of separate refugia in the Balkans. Our analyses support the hypothesis of a postglacial wild boar expansion consistent with the leading edge model, north and west from modern day Greece, and suggest little maternal introgression of Near Eastern and domestic haplotypes into wild Balkan populations.