Genomic analyses reveal three independent introductions of the invasive brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) to the Faroe Islands

• Published in: Heredity
• Main Authors: Puckett, Emily E., Magnussen, Eyðfinn, Khlyap, Liudmila A., Strand, Tanja M.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: University of Memphis Digital Commons 2020
• Subjects: Biology; Faroe Islands; Southern Island; Streymoy; Suðuroy; Eysturoy; Vágar; Borðoy; Viðoy; Faroes; North Atlantic
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/facpubs/552; https://doi.org/10.1038/s41437-019-0255-6

Population genomics offers innovative approaches to test hypotheses related to the source and timing of introduction of invasive species. These approaches are particularly appropriate to study colonization of island ecosystems. The brown rat is a cold-hardy global invasive that has reached most of t...