Out of Southern East Asia of the Brown Rat Revealed by Large-Scale Genome Sequencing.

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Out of Southern East Asia of the Brown Rat Revealed by Large-Scale Genome Sequencing.

Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jan 2018

Zeng Lin, Ming Chen, Li Yan, Su Ling-Yan, Su Yan-Hua, Otecko Newton O, Dalecky Ambroise, Donnellan Stephen, Aplin Ken, Liu Xiao-Hui, Song Ying, Zhang Zhi-Bin, Esmailizadeh Ali, Sohrabi Saeed S, Nanaei Hojjat Asadollahpour, Liu He-Qun, Wang Ming-Shan, Ag Atteynine Solimane, Rocamora Gérard, Brescia Fabrice, Morand Serge, Irwin David M, Peng Ming-Sheng, Yao Yong-Gang, Li Hai-Peng, Wu Dong-Dong, Zhang Ya-Ping

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The geographic origin and migration of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) remain subjects of considerable debate. In this study, we sequenced whole genomes of 110 wild brown rats with a diverse world-wide representation. We reveal that brown rats migrated out of southern East Asia, rather than northern Asia as formerly suggested, into the Middle East and then to Europe and Africa, thousands of years ago....

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DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msx276

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