A new genetic study examines an unusually large hybridization event that followed the Fukushima nuclear accident, when escaped domestic pigs bred with wild boar. The research shows that domestic pig ...
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Escaped farm pig genes speed wild boar reproduction after Fukushima nuclear disaster
In the ghost towns surrounding the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan, a ...
An Arkansas Agricultural Experiment Station study showed female pigs had better reproductive health when placed on a slow-growth diet before being bred. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Borrowing a page from the ...
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Pig–boar hybrids are evolving in Fukushima — and rewriting what we know about hybridization
Learn how boar populations in Fukushima’s evacuation zone are evolving rapidly after mating with abandoned domesticated pigs.
Researchers with the University of Arkansas have found that slowing the growth rate of female pigs before breeding would allow for more piglets and healthier sows. Charles Maxwell, professor of animal ...
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