Animal domestication leads to diverse behavioral, physiological, and neurocognitive
changes in domesticated species compared to their wild relatives. However, the widely held …

The brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) occupies nearly every terrestrial habitat with a human
presence and is one of our most important model organisms. Despite this prevalence, gaps …

While the impacts of black (Rattus rattus) and brown (Rattus norvegicus) rats on human
society are well documented—including the spread of disease, broad-scale environmental …

Although multiple publications have addressed the nexus between individual differences
and attitudes towards nonhuman animals, fewer studies have discussed the rise of human …

The importance of issues associated with urban/commensal rats and mice (property
damage, management costs, and health risks) press upon research on these animals. While …

The seventh iteration of the reference genome assembly for Rattus norvegicus—mRatBN7.
2—corrects numerous misplaced segments and reduces base-level errors by approximately …

Accidentally found, two poisoned brown rats from Hungary were surveyed for presence of
circoviral DNA, using specific nested primers, designed against the rep gene of the virus …

Domestic animals have played an important role in shaping human Evolution and History.
After millennia of constructing niches based on hunting, gathering, and foraging, a range of …

Background Domestication is a complex, multi-stage and species-specific process that
results in organisms living close to humans. In the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti adaptation …

Modern human activities have significantly reshaped Earth's ecosystems, notably through
the domestication of animals and plants during the Neolithic era. This led to profound …