Publications by authors named "Christian Pietri"
Corsica is the main French island in the Mediterranean Sea and has high levels of human and animal population movement. Among the local animal species, the wild boar is highly prevalent in the Corsican landscape and in the island's traditions. Wild boars are the most commonly hunted animals on this island, and can be responsible for the transmission and circulation of pathogens and their vectors.
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- Domestication leads to significant human-driven evolutionary changes in animal populations, which, when feralized, may develop traits that combine both wild and domesticated characteristics.
- Feralization is a complex process that varies based on how well rewilded populations adapt to their environments, influenced by their ancestral genetic flexibility.
- Research on feral pigs (Sus scrofa) reveals they are genetically distinct from domestic and wild groups, showing evidence of past artificial selection while currently adapting to natural selection, indicating they function as a unique evolutionary entity.