The distribution of the black rat (Rattus rattus) has been heavily influenced by its association with humans. The dispersal history of this non-native commensal rodent across Europe, however, remains poorly understood, and different introductions may have occurred during the Roman and medieval periods. Here, in order to reconstruct the population history of European black rats, we first generate a de novo genome assembly of the black rat. We then sequence 67 ancient and three modern black rat mitogenomes, and 36 ancient and three modern nuclear genomes from archaeological sites spanning the 1st-17th centuries CE in Europe and North Africa. Analyses of our newly reported sequences, together with published mitochondrial DNA sequences, confirm that black rats were introduced into the Mediterranean and Europe from Southwest Asia. Genomic analyses of the ancient rats reveal a population turnover in temperate Europe between the 6th and 10th centuries CE, coincident with an archaeologically a...ttested decline in the black rat population. The near disappearance and re-emergence of black rats in Europe may have been the result of the breakdown of the Roman Empire, the First Plague Pandemic, and/or post-Roman climatic cooling.
TY - JOUR
AU - Yu, He
AU - Jamieson, Alexandra
AU - Hulme-Beaman, Ardern
AU - Conroy, Chris J.
AU - Knight, Becky
AU - Speller, Camilla
AU - Al-Jarah, Hiba
AU - Eager, Heidi
AU - Trinks, Alexandra
AU - Adikari, Gamini
AU - Baron, Henriette
AU - Böhlendorf-Arslan, Beate
AU - Bohingamuwa, Wijerathne
AU - Crowther, Alison
AU - Cucchi, Thomas
AU - Esser, Kinie
AU - Fleisher, Jeffrey
AU - Gidney, Louisa
AU - Gladilina, Elena
AU - Gol’din, Pavel
AU - Goodman, Steven M.
AU - Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila
AU - Helm, Richard
AU - Hillman, Jesse C.
AU - Kallala, Nabil
AU - Kivikero, Hanna
AU - Kovács, Zsófia E.
AU - Kunst, Günther Karl
AU - Kyselý, René
AU - Linderholm, Anna
AU - Maraoui-Telmini, Bouthéina
AU - Marković, Nemanja
AU - Morales-Muñiz, Arturo
AU - Nabais, Mariana
AU - O’Connor, Terry
AU - Oueslati, Tarek
AU - Quintana Morales, Eréndira M.
AU - Pasda, Kerstin
AU - Perera, Jude
AU - Perera, Nimal
AU - Radbauer, Silvia
AU - Ramon, Joan
AU - Rannamäe, Eve
AU - Sanmartí Grego, Joan
AU - Treasure, Edward
AU - Valenzuela-Lamas, Silvia
AU - van der Jagt, Inge
AU - Van Neer, Wim
AU - Vigne, Jean-Denis
AU - Walker, Thomas
AU - Wynne-Jones, Stephanie
AU - Zeiler, Jørn
AU - Dobney, Keith
AU - Boivin, Nicole
AU - Searle, Jeremy B.
AU - Krause-Kyora, Ben
AU - Krause, Johannes
AU - Larson, Greger
AU - Orton, David
PY - 2022
UR - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-30009-z
UR - http://rai.ai.ac.rs/handle/123456789/414
AB - The distribution of the black rat (Rattus rattus) has been heavily influenced by its association with humans. The dispersal history of this non-native commensal rodent across Europe, however, remains poorly understood, and different introductions may have occurred during the Roman and medieval periods. Here, in order to reconstruct the population history of European black rats, we first generate a de novo genome assembly of the black rat. We then sequence 67 ancient and three modern black rat mitogenomes, and 36 ancient and three modern nuclear genomes from archaeological sites spanning the 1st-17th centuries CE in Europe and North Africa. Analyses of our newly reported sequences, together with published mitochondrial DNA sequences, confirm that black rats were introduced into the Mediterranean and Europe from Southwest Asia. Genomic analyses of the ancient rats reveal a population turnover in temperate Europe between the 6th and 10th centuries CE, coincident with an archaeologically attested decline in the black rat population. The near disappearance and re-emergence of black rats in Europe may have been the result of the breakdown of the Roman Empire, the First Plague Pandemic, and/or post-Roman climatic cooling.
T2 - Nature Communications
T1 - Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history
IS - 1
SP - 2399
VL - 13
DO - 10.1038/s41467-022-30009-z
ER -
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author = "Yu, He and Jamieson, Alexandra and Hulme-Beaman, Ardern and Conroy, Chris J. and Knight, Becky and Speller, Camilla and Al-Jarah, Hiba and Eager, Heidi and Trinks, Alexandra and Adikari, Gamini and Baron, Henriette and Böhlendorf-Arslan, Beate and Bohingamuwa, Wijerathne and Crowther, Alison and Cucchi, Thomas and Esser, Kinie and Fleisher, Jeffrey and Gidney, Louisa and Gladilina, Elena and Gol’din, Pavel and Goodman, Steven M. and Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila and Helm, Richard and Hillman, Jesse C. and Kallala, Nabil and Kivikero, Hanna and Kovács, Zsófia E. and Kunst, Günther Karl and Kyselý, René and Linderholm, Anna and Maraoui-Telmini, Bouthéina and Marković, Nemanja and Morales-Muñiz, Arturo and Nabais, Mariana and O’Connor, Terry and Oueslati, Tarek and Quintana Morales, Eréndira M. and Pasda, Kerstin and Perera, Jude and Perera, Nimal and Radbauer, Silvia and Ramon, Joan and Rannamäe, Eve and Sanmartí Grego, Joan and Treasure, Edward and Valenzuela-Lamas, Silvia and van der Jagt, Inge and Van Neer, Wim and Vigne, Jean-Denis and Walker, Thomas and Wynne-Jones, Stephanie and Zeiler, Jørn and Dobney, Keith and Boivin, Nicole and Searle, Jeremy B. and Krause-Kyora, Ben and Krause, Johannes and Larson, Greger and Orton, David",
year = "2022",
abstract = "The distribution of the black rat (Rattus rattus) has been heavily influenced by its association with humans. The dispersal history of this non-native commensal rodent across Europe, however, remains poorly understood, and different introductions may have occurred during the Roman and medieval periods. Here, in order to reconstruct the population history of European black rats, we first generate a de novo genome assembly of the black rat. We then sequence 67 ancient and three modern black rat mitogenomes, and 36 ancient and three modern nuclear genomes from archaeological sites spanning the 1st-17th centuries CE in Europe and North Africa. Analyses of our newly reported sequences, together with published mitochondrial DNA sequences, confirm that black rats were introduced into the Mediterranean and Europe from Southwest Asia. Genomic analyses of the ancient rats reveal a population turnover in temperate Europe between the 6th and 10th centuries CE, coincident with an archaeologically attested decline in the black rat population. The near disappearance and re-emergence of black rats in Europe may have been the result of the breakdown of the Roman Empire, the First Plague Pandemic, and/or post-Roman climatic cooling.",
journal = "Nature Communications",
title = "Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history",
number = "1",
pages = "2399",
volume = "13",
doi = "10.1038/s41467-022-30009-z"
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Yu, H., Jamieson, A., Hulme-Beaman, A., Conroy, C. J., Knight, B., Speller, C., Al-Jarah, H., Eager, H., Trinks, A., Adikari, G., Baron, H., Böhlendorf-Arslan, B., Bohingamuwa, W., Crowther, A., Cucchi, T., Esser, K., Fleisher, J., Gidney, L., Gladilina, E., Gol’din, P., Goodman, S. M., Hamilton-Dyer, S., Helm, R., Hillman, J. C., Kallala, N., Kivikero, H., Kovács, Z. E., Kunst, G. K., Kyselý, R., Linderholm, A., Maraoui-Telmini, B., Marković, N., Morales-Muñiz, A., Nabais, M., O’Connor, T., Oueslati, T., Quintana Morales, E. M., Pasda, K., Perera, J., Perera, N., Radbauer, S., Ramon, J., Rannamäe, E., Sanmartí Grego, J., Treasure, E., Valenzuela-Lamas, S., van der Jagt, I., Van Neer, W., Vigne, J., Walker, T., Wynne-Jones, S., Zeiler, J., Dobney, K., Boivin, N., Searle, J. B., Krause-Kyora, B., Krause, J., Larson, G.,& Orton, D.. (2022). Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history. in Nature Communications, 13(1), 2399.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30009-z
Yu H, Jamieson A, Hulme-Beaman A, Conroy CJ, Knight B, Speller C, Al-Jarah H, Eager H, Trinks A, Adikari G, Baron H, Böhlendorf-Arslan B, Bohingamuwa W, Crowther A, Cucchi T, Esser K, Fleisher J, Gidney L, Gladilina E, Gol’din P, Goodman SM, Hamilton-Dyer S, Helm R, Hillman JC, Kallala N, Kivikero H, Kovács ZE, Kunst GK, Kyselý R, Linderholm A, Maraoui-Telmini B, Marković N, Morales-Muñiz A, Nabais M, O’Connor T, Oueslati T, Quintana Morales EM, Pasda K, Perera J, Perera N, Radbauer S, Ramon J, Rannamäe E, Sanmartí Grego J, Treasure E, Valenzuela-Lamas S, van der Jagt I, Van Neer W, Vigne J, Walker T, Wynne-Jones S, Zeiler J, Dobney K, Boivin N, Searle JB, Krause-Kyora B, Krause J, Larson G, Orton D. Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history. in Nature Communications. 2022;13(1):2399.
doi:10.1038/s41467-022-30009-z .
Yu, He, Jamieson, Alexandra, Hulme-Beaman, Ardern, Conroy, Chris J., Knight, Becky, Speller, Camilla, Al-Jarah, Hiba, Eager, Heidi, Trinks, Alexandra, Adikari, Gamini, Baron, Henriette, Böhlendorf-Arslan, Beate, Bohingamuwa, Wijerathne, Crowther, Alison, Cucchi, Thomas, Esser, Kinie, Fleisher, Jeffrey, Gidney, Louisa, Gladilina, Elena, Gol’din, Pavel, Goodman, Steven M., Hamilton-Dyer, Sheila, Helm, Richard, Hillman, Jesse C., Kallala, Nabil, Kivikero, Hanna, Kovács, Zsófia E., Kunst, Günther Karl, Kyselý, René, Linderholm, Anna, Maraoui-Telmini, Bouthéina, Marković, Nemanja, Morales-Muñiz, Arturo, Nabais, Mariana, O’Connor, Terry, Oueslati, Tarek, Quintana Morales, Eréndira M., Pasda, Kerstin, Perera, Jude, Perera, Nimal, Radbauer, Silvia, Ramon, Joan, Rannamäe, Eve, Sanmartí Grego, Joan, Treasure, Edward, Valenzuela-Lamas, Silvia, van der Jagt, Inge, Van Neer, Wim, Vigne, Jean-Denis, Walker, Thomas, Wynne-Jones, Stephanie, Zeiler, Jørn, Dobney, Keith, Boivin, Nicole, Searle, Jeremy B., Krause-Kyora, Ben, Krause, Johannes, Larson, Greger, Orton, David, "Palaeogenomic analysis of black rat (Rattus rattus) reveals multiple European introductions associated with human economic history" in Nature Communications, 13, no. 1 (2022):2399,
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30009-z . .
