Following the discovery of over 40 Robertsonian (Rb) races of Mus musculus domesticus in Europe and North Africa, the house mouse has been studied extensively as an ideal model to determine the chromosomal changes that may cause or accompany speciation. Current models of chromosomal speciation are based on the assumption that heterozygous individuals have a particularly low fertility, although ...

Using starch-gel electrophoresis and appropriate stain­ ing, four variants have been found in erythrocytes from.the house mouse, Mus muscuius. An allele, designated Es-3 , controlling the presence of a fast-migrating esterase (designated Es-3d) has been found at the Es-3 locus. Tests of substrate specificity, heat sensitivity, and of eserine sulphate and iodoacetamide sensitivity, showed Es-3d ...

Characterizing variation in the rate of recombination across the genome is important for understanding several evolutionary processes. Previous analysis of the recombination landscape in laboratory mice has revealed that the different subspecies have different suites of recombination hotspots. It is unknown, however, whether hotspots identified in laboratory strains reflect the hotspot diversit...

Objective : evaluation of the epizootic and epidemiological situation for HFRS in Rostov region. Materials methods from 2020 to 2022, an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay was used study presence hantavirus antigens samples small mammals class G immunoglobulins blood sera healthy donors. Results epizootological monitoring conducted 35 administrative districts region vicinity Rostov-on-Don (2157 ...

The west European subspecies of house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) has gained much of its current widespread distribution through commensalism with humans. This means that the phylogeography of M. m. domesticus should reflect patterns of human movements. We studied restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and DNA sequence variations in mouse mitochondrial (mt) DNA throughout the Briti...

Population genetic theory predicts discordance in the true phylogeny of different genomic regions when studying recently diverged species. Despite this expectation, genome-wide discordance in young species groups has rarely been statistically quantified. The house mouse subspecies group provides a model system for examining phylogenetic discordance. House mouse subspecies are recently derived, ...

Populations of the European house mouse have acquired resistance to anticoagulant pesticides from a closely related species. This discovery improves our understanding of the circumstances in which interspecific genetic exchange is likely to facilitate adaptation.

House mice (Mus musculus) pose a threat to the native flora and fauna on islands, and can cause significant damage wherever they have been introduced. Methods used to eradicate invasive rodents, like house mice, at high population densities may not be appropriate for intercepting them at lower densities. A better understanding of the immediate behavior of house mice when first introduced to a n...

BACKGROUND Emerging resistance to anticoagulant rodenticides may significantly impair house mouse (Mus musculus L.) control. As in humans and rats, sequence variants in the gene vitamin K epoxide reductase complex subunit 1 (VKORC1) of house mice are strongly implicated in the responses of mice to anticoagulants. This study gives a first overview of the distribution and frequency of such potent...

Enclosed and insulated commercial poultry buildings provide ideal habitat for supporting unusually large populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus L.). Mice cause damage to various structural and operational components of poultry facilities; thus, they are of economic significance as well as general nuisances. Effective mouse control programs in poultry operations are often difficult, compli...