Evolutionary BiologybioRxivPreprint
Evolutionary history of the brown rat: out of southern East Asia and selection
Lin Zeng, Chen Ming, Yan Li…·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.
DOI 10.1101/096800