The Pacific Rat Race to Easter Island: Tracking the Prehistoric Dispersal of Rattus exulans Using Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes

The Pacific Rat Race to Easter Island: Tracking the Prehistoric Dispersal of Rattus exulans Using Ancient Mitochondrial Genomes

The location of the immediate eastern Polynesian origin for the settlement of Easter Island (Rapa Nui), remains unclear with conflicting archeological and linguistic evidence. Previous genetic commensal research using the Pacific rat, Rattus exulans; a species transported by humans across Remote Oce...

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Main Authors: Katrina West, Catherine Collins, Olga Kardailsky, Jennifer Kahn, Terry L. Hunt, David V. Burley, Elizabeth Matisoo-Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Subjects:
ancient DNA
mitochondrial haplotypes
prehistoric dispersal
Polynesia
Easter Island
Rattus exulans
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fevo.2017.00052/full

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