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Urbanization shapes the demographic history of a native rodent (the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City

Stephen E. Harris, Alexander T. Xue, Diego Alvarado-Serrano, Joel T. Boehm, Tyler Joseph, Michael J. Hickerson, Jason Munshi-South
doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/032979
Stephen E. Harris
1The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY 10016 USA
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Alexander T. Xue
1The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY 10016 USA
2The City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY 10031 USA
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Diego Alvarado-Serrano
2The City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY 10031 USA
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Joel T. Boehm
2The City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY 10031 USA
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Tyler Joseph
2The City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY 10031 USA
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Michael J. Hickerson
1The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, NY 10016 USA
2The City College of New York, City University of New York, New York, NY 10031 USA
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Jason Munshi-South
3Fordham University, Louis Calder Center-Biological Field Station, Armonk, NY 10504 USA
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  • For correspondence: jmunshisouth@fordham.edu
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How urbanization shapes population genomic diversity and evolution of urban wildlife is largely unexplored. We investigated the impact of urbanization on white-footed mice, Peromyscus leucopus, in the New York City metropolitan area using coalescent-based simulations to infer demographic history from the site frequency spectrum. We assigned individuals to evolutionary clusters and then inferred recent divergence times, population size changes, and migration using genome-wide SNPs genotyped in 23 populations sampled along an urban-to-rural gradient. Both prehistoric climatic events and recent urbanization impacted these populations. Our modeling indicates that post-glacial sea level rise led to isolation of mainland and Long Island populations. These models also indicate that several urban parks represent recently-isolated P. leucopus populations, and the estimated divergence times for these populations are consistent with the history of urbanization in New York City.

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Stephen E. Harris, Alexander T. Xue, Diego Alvarado-Serrano, Joel T. Boehm, Tyler Joseph, Michael J. Hickerson, Jason Munshi-South
bioRxiv 032979; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/032979
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Urbanization shapes the demographic history of a native rodent (the white-footed mouse, Peromyscus leucopus) in New York City
Stephen E. Harris, Alexander T. Xue, Diego Alvarado-Serrano, Joel T. Boehm, Tyler Joseph, Michael J. Hickerson, Jason Munshi-South
bioRxiv 032979; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/032979

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