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Conversely, analyses of DRB1 amino acid diversity revealed lower levels for both European and Asian domestic populations (0.125 and 0.121, respectively) when compared to European and Asian Wild boar populations (0.170 and 0.152, respectively). Lower DQB diversity in the Wild boar populations when compared to the domestic populations may suggest relaxed selection in the domestic populations at the DQB locus. Taken together, these data suggest that MHC polymorphisms have been selectively maintained, possibly by balancing selection, having overcome the effects of nonselective factors, artificial selection, distinct ancestral origins therefore lacking the presence of geographic signatures.","abstract_html":"Comparisons of He in domestic and Wild populations revealed significant differences within Europe (P=0.031) at the DRB1 loci, but not the DQB loci (P=0.503). 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