Data from: Invasion genetics of a human commensal rodent: the black rat Rattus rattus in Madagascar

• Main Authors: Brouat, Carine, Tollenaere, Charlotte, Estoup, Arnaud, Loiseau, Anne, Sommer, Simone, Soanandrasana, Rahelinirina, Rahalison, Lila, Rajerison, Minoarisoa, Piry, Sylvain, Goodman, S. M., Duplantier, Jean-Marc, Estoup, A., Loiseau, A., Piry, S., Soanandrasana, R., Rahalison, L., Rajerison, M., Brouat, C., Tollenaere, C., Duplantier, J.-M., Sommer, S.
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Dryad 2014
• Subjects: microsatellites; mtDNA; phylogeography; ABC analyses; Rattus rattus; d-loop; invasive species; Population Genetics - Empirical; Life sciences; medicine and health care; Mammals; Madagascar; envir; psy; Indian; Suarez
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.t66c7

Studies focusing on geographical genetic patterns of commensal species and on human history complement each other, and provide proxies to trace common colonisation events. On Madagascar, the unintentional introduction and spread of the commensal species Rattus rattus by people may have left a living...