Morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatric Rattus rattus and Rattus satarae in South India
peer reviewed Two morphological forms of black rats (Rattus cf. rattus) were found living in sympatry in high-altitude dense forests of the Nilgiri Mountains, South India. The 1st one, often brown- or gray-bellied, also is found commensal in lowland settlements and represents Rattus rattus cf. rufes...
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ftorbi:oai:orbi.ulg.ac.be:2268/139320 2024-10-13T14:10:25+00:00 Morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatric Rattus rattus and Rattus satarae in South India Pagès, Marie Corbet, Gordon Orth, Annie Volobouev, Vitaly Michaux, Johan Catzeflis, François 2011 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/139320 https://doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-033.1 en eng Allen Press Publishing Services Inc. urn:issn:0022-2372 urn:issn:1545-1542 https://orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/139320 info:hdl:2268/139320 restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess Journal of Mammalogy, 92 (3), 659–670 (2011) cryptic species Rattus rodent South India Life sciences Zoology Sciences du vivant Zoologie journal article http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501 info:eu-repo/semantics/article peer reviewed 2011 ftorbi https://doi.org/10.1644/10-MAMM-A-033.1 2024-09-27T07:01:55Z peer reviewed Two morphological forms of black rats (Rattus cf. rattus) were found living in sympatry in high-altitude dense forests of the Nilgiri Mountains, South India. The 1st one, often brown- or gray-bellied, also is found commensal in lowland settlements and represents Rattus rattus cf. rufescens (Gray 1837), with a diploid number (2N) of 38 chromosomes. The 2nd form, which has most often a pure white belly, has 2N 5 42 chromosomes and is referable to Rattus r. satarae Hinton, 1918, based on morphological comparison with the holotype. A multidisciplinary study indicates that these 2 forms are characterized by clear-cut differences in biochemistry (electrophoresis of homologous isozymes), molecular sequences (mitochondrial and nuclear DNA), and chromosomes (detailed banding analysis). All these data, coupled to diagnostic morphological characteristics, support the hypothesis that Rattus satarae and Rattus rattus are separate, sympatric species, with no gene flow between them. Their similar external morphology is interpreted as the result of convergence through occupying the same ecological niche. Article in Journal/Newspaper Rattus rattus University of Liège: ORBi (Open Repository and Bibliography) Journal of Mammalogy 92 3 659 670 |
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peer reviewed Two morphological forms of black rats (Rattus cf. rattus) were found living in sympatry in high-altitude dense forests of the Nilgiri Mountains, South India. The 1st one, often brown- or gray-bellied, also is found commensal in lowland settlements and represents Rattus rattus cf. rufescens (Gray 1837), with a diploid number (2N) of 38 chromosomes. The 2nd form, which has most often a pure white belly, has 2N 5 42 chromosomes and is referable to Rattus r. satarae Hinton, 1918, based on morphological comparison with the holotype. A multidisciplinary study indicates that these 2 forms are characterized by clear-cut differences in biochemistry (electrophoresis of homologous isozymes), molecular sequences (mitochondrial and nuclear DNA), and chromosomes (detailed banding analysis). All these data, coupled to diagnostic morphological characteristics, support the hypothesis that Rattus satarae and Rattus rattus are separate, sympatric species, with no gene flow between them. Their similar external morphology is interpreted as the result of convergence through occupying the same ecological niche. |
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Pagès, Marie Corbet, Gordon Orth, Annie Volobouev, Vitaly Michaux, Johan Catzeflis, François |
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Pagès, Marie Corbet, Gordon Orth, Annie Volobouev, Vitaly Michaux, Johan Catzeflis, François |
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Morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatric Rattus rattus and Rattus satarae in South India |
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Morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatric Rattus rattus and Rattus satarae in South India |
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Morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatric Rattus rattus and Rattus satarae in South India |
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Morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatric Rattus rattus and Rattus satarae in South India |
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Morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatric Rattus rattus and Rattus satarae in South India |
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morphological, chromosomal, and genic differences between sympatric rattus rattus and rattus satarae in south india |
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