Native pigs from Angola: Insights into their origins and unique genetic features..

The history of pigs in sub-Saharan Africa has been poorly studied. Previous studies with mitochondrial DNA suggest that Eastern and West-ern African pig breeds have different origins, most likely as a consequence of European colonization and trade routes. DAD-is (FAO) accounts for a large number of African indigenous breeds, most with an unknown status. Angola, in the western coast of Africa, has been through dramatic social events that have led to the disappearance of indigenous swine populations and the recent introduction of European exotic breeds has also contributed to the erosion of this indigenous swine repertoire. As an effort to inves-tigate the genetic basis of remnant indigenous pig populations in Angola (ANG) we have generated whole genomes (10x depth) from animals (n = 4) of a remote local pig population in Huambo province which we have compared with 78 genomes of European and Asian pig breeds as well as European and Asian wild boar that are currently in public domain.