Evolutionary history of the brown rat: out of southern East Asia and selection
Lin Zeng, Chen Ming, Yan Li, Ling-Yan Su, Yan-Hua Su, Newton O. Otecko, Ambroise Dalecky, Stephen Donnellan, Ken Aplin, Xiao-Hui Liu, Ying Song, Zhi-Bin Zhang, Ali Esmailizadeh, Saeed S. Sohrabi, Hojjat Asadollahpour Nanaei, , Ya-Ping Zhang
This study sequenced whole genomes of 118 brown rats to trace their origin, migration routes, and domestication, finding they originated in southern East Asia and showing evidence of selection in immune and domestication-related genes.
bioRxiv · Dec 26, 2016 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology