Intraspecific variabilityof the norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) in Russia according to D-loop mtDNA data

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Abstract

For the first time in Russia, a study of the intraspecific structure of the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) was carried out using the mitochondrial marker of the control region (D-loop) of mtDNA. MtDNA sequences of brown rats from 8 regions of the European and Asian parts of Russia were analyzed. Three clades of rats have been identified: in the European part of Russia –1, in the Asian part – 2. Synanthropic subspecies – R. n. norvegicus is represented by european and asian lineages. The european lineage included haplotypes from the regions of central and southern Russia, and the Asian lineage included haplotypes from Eastern Siberia and the Far East. The previously described free living subspecies, R. n. caraco from the Russian Far East was represented as separate genetic lineage.

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А. N. Maltsev

Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences; Erisman Research Institute of Disinfectology,Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing

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Email: mus-musculus@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow; Moscow

I. V. Kartavtseva

Federal Scientific Center of the East Asia Terrestrial Biodiversity, Far East Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mus-musculus@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Vladivostok

V. V. Stakheev

Southern Research Center, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mus-musculus@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Rostov-on-Don

V. Y. Komarov

Erisman Research Institute of Disinfectology,Federal Service for Rostov-on-Don Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Wellbeing

Email: mus-musculus@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

Y. А. Bazhenov

Institute of Natural Resources, Ecology and Cryology, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mus-musculus@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Chita

L. А. Khlyap

Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mus-musculus@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

Е. V. Kotenkova

Severtsov Institute of Problems of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: mus-musculus@yandex.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow

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