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The Norway rat, from an obnoxious pest to a laboratory pet

The laboratory rat was the first mammal domesticated for research purposes. It is descended from wild Norway rats, Rattus norvegicus, which despite their name likely originated in Asia. Exceptionally adaptable, these rodents now inhabit almost all environments on Earth, especially near human settlem...

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Autores principales: Modlinska, Klaudia, Pisula, Wojciech
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6968928/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31948542
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.50651