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Intraspecific Variation of Brown Rat Rattus norvegicus in Russia by D-Loop mtDNA Data.
Doklady biological sciences : proceedings of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR, Biological sciences sections - 1 Oct 2024
Maltsev A N, Kartavtseva I V, Stakheev V V, Komarov V Yu, Bazhenov Yu A, Khlyap L A, Kotenkova E V
Abstract excerpt
For the first time in Russia, the intraspecific structure of the brown rat Rattus norvegicus was studied using the mitochondrial control region (D-loop) as a molecular marker. The mtDNA sequence was determined in brown rats from eight regions of European and Asian Russia. Three rat clades were identified, including one in European Russia and two in Asian Russia. The synanthropic subspecies R. n. norvegicus was...
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