From deserts to forests: sequencing of the giant forest hog completes the genomic history of the African Suids
Marta Maria Ciucani, Sabhrina Gita Aninta, Nuno Filipe Gomes Martins, David Alejandro Duchêne, Xi Wang, Ignacio A. Lazagabaster, Xiaodong Liu, Frederik Filip Stæger, Mikkel Schubert, Thomas Bøggild, Shixu He, Zilong Li, Rafael Reyna, Erik Meijaard, Thomas M. Butynski, , Rasmus Heller
This paper presents the first whole-genome data for the giant forest hog, revealing its evolutionary relationship with warthogs and significant genetic differentiation between populations.
iScience · Aug 18, 2026Peer-reviewedGenomics