Chunlong Liu;Di Liu;Zhongqiu L

Department of Animal Science Research, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, Chin;Department of Animal Science Research, Heilongjiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Harbin 150086, China;Key Laboratory of Mollisols Agroecology, National Observation Station of Hailun Agroecology System, Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Harbin 150081, China

wild boars;wild boar;genetic resources;advance;pigs;and utilizatio

Wild boar is one of the most important beast resources. It plays an important role in the maintenance of biological diversity. The genetic resources of wild boar can not only protect the genetic resources, but also improve the formation of new breeds in pigs. This paper summarized the advance on the main biological characteristics of wild boars, evolutionary origin between wild boars and domesticated pigs, and development and utilization of wild boars aimed to provide further insight into wild boar's genetic research and its resource protection.