Signatures of Rapid Evolution in Urban and Rural Transcriptomes of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in the New York Metropolitan Area

Stephen E. Harris; Jason Munshi-South; Craig Obergfell; Rachel O’Neill

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0074938

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Signatures of Rapid Evolution in Urban and Rural Transcriptomes of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in the New York Metropolitan Area

Stephen E. Harris,

Affiliation Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, & Behavior, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, New York, United States of America
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Jason Munshi-South ,

* E-mail: jason@NYCevolution.org

Affiliation Louis Calder Center, Fordham University, Armonk, New York, United States of America
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Craig Obergfell,

Affiliation Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America
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Rachel O’Neill

Affiliation Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America
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Signatures of Rapid Evolution in Urban and Rural Transcriptomes of White-Footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) in the New York Metropolitan Area

Stephen E. Harris,
Jason Munshi-South,
Craig Obergfell,
Rachel O’Neill

Published: August 28, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0074938

About the Authors

Stephen E. Harris

Affiliation Program in Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, & Behavior, The Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, New York, United States of America

Jason Munshi-South

* E-mail: jason@NYCevolution.org

Affiliation Louis Calder Center, Fordham University, Armonk, New York, United States of America

Craig Obergfell

Affiliation Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Rachel O’Neill

Affiliation Molecular & Cell Biology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SEH JMS RO. Performed the experiments: SEH JMS CO. Analyzed the data: SEH JMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JMS CO RO. Wrote the manuscript: SEH JMS RO.

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