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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