Authors: Ken P, Aplin, Hitoshi, Suzuki, Alejandro A, Chinen, R Terry, Chesser, José, Ten Have, Stephen C, Donnellan, Jeremy, Austin, Angela, Frost, Jean Paul, Gonzalez, Vincent, Herbreteau, Francois, Catzeflis, Julien, Soubrier, Yin-Ping, Fang, Judith, Robins, Elizabeth, Matisoo-Smith, Amanda D S, Bastos, Ibnu, Maryanto, Martua H, Sinaga, Christiane, Denys, Ronald A, Van Den Bussche, Chris, Conroy, Kevin, Rowe, Alan, Cooper
Venue: PLoS ONE
Type: Publication
Abstract: The Black Rat (Rattus rattus) spread out of Asia to become one of the world’s worst agricultural and urban pests, and a reservoir or vector of numerous zoonotic diseases, including the devastating plague. Despite the global scale and inestimable cost of their impacts on both human livelihoods and natural ecosystems, little is known of the global genetic diversity of Black Rats, the timing and directions of their historical dispersals, and the risks associated with contemporary movements. We surveyed mitochondrial DNA of Black Rats collected a...
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Topics: 
Ecology
Zoology
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