Historic black rat invasions into Sri Lanka lead to hybridization forming two sub-lineages in the <em>Rattus rattus</em> species complex

Historic black rat invasions into Sri Lanka lead to hybridization forming two sub-lineages in the <em>Rattus rattus</em> species complex

<p>In this work, we used two mitochondrial (16S rRNA and cytochrome-<em>b</em>) and one nuclear (Rag 1) gene fragments to analyse phylogeographic history of black rats in Sri Lanka at subspecies level. Of the five subspecies recorded in Sri Lanka three (<em>Rattus rattus kela...

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Main Authors: P. P. C. Hemamali, S. H. Boyagoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Faculty of Science, University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka 2020-12-01
Series:Ceylon Journal of Science
Subjects:
subspecies, mitochondrial inrogression, muroid
Online Access:https://cjs.sljol.info/articles/7823

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