Commensal ecology, urban landscapes, and their influence on the genetic characteristics of city-dwelling Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus)

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 18, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2766-2778

  Gardner Santana, L C ^a   Norris, D E ^a   Fornadel, C M ^a   Hinson, E R ^b   Klein, S L ^a   Glass, G E ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Assignment; Habitat fragmentation; Population genetics; Population structure; Urban wildlife; Zoonotic diseases

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ECOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; POPULATION GENETICS; RAT; UNITED STATES;

ALGORITHMS; ALLELES; ANIMALS; BALTIMORE; BAYES THEOREM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ECOLOGY; GENE FLOW; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS, POPULATION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; RATS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

RATTUS; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 67649854466     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2009.04232.x     Document Type: Article

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