@article{fdi:010078163,
  title = {{G}enetic diversity and origins of invasive black rats ({R}attus rattus) in {B}enin, {W}est {A}frica},
  author = {{E}tougb{\'e}tch{\'e}, {J}. and {H}ou{\'e}m{\`e}nou, {G}. and {D}ossou, {H}. {J}. and {B}adou, {S}. and {G}authier, {P}hilippe and {Y}oussao {A}bdou {K}arim, {I}. and {N}icolas, {V}. and {D}obigny, {G}authier},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{B}lack rats ({R}attus rattus) are native to the {I}ndian subcontinent but have now colonized most continents and islands following human movements and international trade. {T}hey are involved in the circulation and transmission to humans of many zoonotic agents as well as in massive damage to food stocks and native biodiversity in the regions they have settled. {T}his study investigates the genetic diversity and possible origins of black rats from {B}enin, {W}est {A}frica. {W}e sequenced the complete mitochondrial cytochrome b gene in 90 individuals from nine localities in {B}enin. {T}hese sequences were subsequently compared to 390 other cytochrome b haplotypes from individuals from various {E}uropean, {A}sian, {A}merican and {A}frican localities. {N}ucleotide polymorphism analysis, haplotype network and maximum likelihood phylogenetic tree reconstructions showed low mitochondrial diversity in black rats from {B}enin. {O}ur results also suggest at least two distinct introduction events: one introduction probably occurred during the spice trade (15th-17th century) through the {I}ndies {R}oad connecting {E}urope to {A}sia. {O}ther introduction events could have occurred more recently following the intensification of globalized trade from the eighteenth century, and onwards.},
  keywords = {phylogeography ; invasive species ; cytochrome b ; haplotype ; polymorphism ; {A}frica ; {BENIN} ; {EUROPE} ; {ASIE} ; {AMERIQUE} ; {AFRIQUE}},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{J}ournal of {V}ertebrate {B}iology},
  volume = {69},
  numero = {2},
  pages = {art. 20014 [11 p.]},
  ISSN = {2694-7684},
  year = {2020},
  DOI = {10.25225/jvb.20014},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010078163},
}