DOI: 10.5061/dryad.kg1kd5s
title: Data from: Urban rat races: spatial population genomics of brown rats (Rattus norvegicus) compared across multiple cities

description: Urbanization often substantially influences animal movement and gene flow.
 However, few studies to date have examined gene flow of the same species
 across multiple cities. In this study, we examine brown rats (Rattus
 norvegicus) to test hypotheses about the repeatability of neutral
 evolution across four cities: Salvador, Brazil; New Orleans, USA;
 Vancouver, Canada; New York City, USA. At least 150 rats were sampled from
 each city and genotyped for a minimum of 15,000 genome-wide SNPs. Levels
 of genome-wide diversity were similar across cities, but varied across
 neighborhoods within cities. All four populations exhibited high spatial
 autocorrelation at the shortest distance classes (&lt; 500 m) due to
 limited dispersal. Coancestry and evolutionary clustering analyses
 identified genetic discontinuities within each city that coincided with a
 resource desert in New York City, major waterways in New Orleans, and
 roads in Salvador and Vancouver. Such replicated studies are crucial to
 assessing the generality of predictions from urban evolution, and have
 practical applications for pest management and public health. Future
 studies should include a range of global cities in different biomes,
 incorporate multiple species, and examine the impact of specific
 characteristics of the built environment and human socioeconomics on gene
 flow.
description: PLINK .map file for New
 Orleans rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .map file for New
 Orleans SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file of
 the same name, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for
 each SNP.NOL.plink.mapPLINK .ped file for New Orleans rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .ped file for New Orleans SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.NOL.plink.pedPLINK .map file for New York City rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .map file for New York City SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file of the same name, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.NYC.plink.mapPLINK .ped file for New York City rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .ped file for New York City SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.NYC.plink.pedPLINK .map file for Salvador, Brazil rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .map file for Salvador, Brazil SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file of the same name, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.SAL.plink.mapPLINK .ped file for Salvador, Brazil rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .ped file for Salvador, Brazil SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.SAL.plink.pedPLINK .map file for Vancouver rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .map file for Vancouver SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file of the same name, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.VAN.plink.mapPLINK .ped file for Vancouver rat SNP GenotypesPLINK .ped file for Vancouver SNP genotypes. The genotypes themselves are in the .ped file, and the .map file contains the chromosomal coordinates for each SNP.VAN.plink.ped