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Table 1 Genetic variability around the MUC4 gene in Chinese and Western breeds

From: Nucleotide variability and linkage disequilibrium patterns in the porcine MUC4 gene

Breed

Ecotype

N

S

Ï€N

DT

DFL

Chinese local breeds

161

47

0.27

2.69*

2.81**

  BamaXiang

South China

16

40

0.25

1.22

1.77*

  Erhualian

Lower Yangtse River Basin

32

43

0.19

0.34

1.49

  Hang

Central China

10

18

0.16

2.67**

2.19**

  Jiangquhai

Lower Yangtse River Basin

12

39

0.26

1.30

1.74*

  Jinhua

Central China

11

22

0.13

0.44

-0.82

  Laiwu

North China

13

34

0.26

2.10*

2.02**

  Rongchang

Southwest China

13

30

0.22

1.75

2.02**

  Shaziling

Central China

8

27

0.20

1.17

1.71*

  Tongcheng

Central China

10

41

0.29

1.40

1.88**

  Yushanhei

Central China

24

27

0.20

2.54*

2.44**

  Zangzhu

Plateau

12

29

0.21

1.73

1.99**

Western commercial Breeds

146

37

0.23

2.99**

3.05**

  Duroc

32

30

0.22

2.65*

2.36**

  White Duroc

16

29

0.23

2.46*

2.33**

  Landrace

32

33

0.16

0.79

-0.24

  Large White

66

37

0.22

2.17*

2.55**

Wild boars

5

42

0.28

-0.06

0.19

  Wild Boars-CN

4

22

0.19

0.87

1.03

 ALL

312

53

0.38

4.49***

3.95**

  1. * P < 0.05, ** P < 0.01, N, number of animals; S, number of segregating sites; π N , mean number of pairwise differences across SNPs; DT, Tajima’s D; DFL, Fu and Li’s D index. Wild Boars-CN, Chinese wild boars.