2021
DOI: 10.21203/rs.3.rs-339763/v1
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Commensal Rodents in 19th Century Australasia: Diversity, Invasion Routes and the China Connection

Abstract: The present genetic diversity of commensal rodent populations is often used to inform the invasion histories of these species, and as a proxy for historical events relating to the movement of people and goods. These studies assume that modern genetic diversity generally reflects early colonising events. We investigate this idea by sequencing the mitochondrial DNA of rodent bones found in a 19th-century archaeological site in The Rocks area of Sydney, Australia, the location of the first historical European por… Show more

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