Population structure, dispersion patterns and genetic diversity of two major invasive and commensal zoonotic disease hosts (Rattus norvegicus and Rattus tanezumi) from the southeastern coast of China

Conclusion: The data in this paper confirm the two invasive rodent species from the southeastern coastal region of China may have relied on maritime transport to spread from the southern region of China to the Yangtze River basin. R. tanezumi may then hanve migrated unidirectionally, along the southeastern provinces of China towards the north, while R. norvegicus spread in a complex and multidirectional manner in Hainan, Fujian, Zhejiang and Jiangsu Provinces of the country.
Source: Frontiers in Genetics - Category: Genetics & Stem Cells Source Type: research