Tracking the Near Eastern origins and European dispersal of the western house mouse

T Cucchi, K Papayianni, S Cersoy, L Aznar-Cormano… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
The house mouse (Mus musculus) represents the extreme of globalization of invasive
mammals. However, the timing and basis of its origin and early phases of dispersal remain …

Evolutionary and dispersal history of Eurasian house mice Mus musculus clarified by more extensive geographic sampling of mitochondrial DNA

H Suzuki, M Nunome, G Kinoshita, KP Aplin, P Vogel… - Heredity, 2013 - nature.com
We examined the sequence variation of mitochondrial DNA control region and cytochrome b
gene of the house mouse (Mus musculus sensu lato) drawn from ca. 200 localities, with 286 …

Isolation and gene flow: inferring the speciation history of European house mice

L Duvaux, K Belkhir, M Boulesteix… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Inferring the history of isolation and gene flow during species differentiation can inform us on
the processes underlying their formation. Following their recent expansion in Europe, two …

Phylogeography and postglacial expansion of Mus musculus domesticus inferred from mitochondrial DNA coalescent, from Iran to Europe

H RAJABI‐MAHAM, A Orth… - Molecular …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Few genetic data document the postglacial history of the western house mouse, Mus
musculus domesticus. We address this by studying a sample from the southeastern tip of the …

Tracing the eastward dispersal of the house mouse, Mus musculus

H Suzuki, LV Yakimenko, D Usuda, LV Frisman - Genes and environment, 2015 - Springer
Here we describe recent advances in our understanding of the natural history of the house
mouse, Mus musculus, with a focus on the genetic characteristics of the home territories and …

On the trail of Neolithic mice and men towards Transcaucasia: zooarchaeological clues from Nakhchivan (Azerbaijan)

T Cucchi, ZE Kovács, R Berthon, A Orth… - Biological Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Transcaucasia comprises a key region for understanding the history of both the hybrid zone
between house mouse lineages and the dispersal of the Neolithic way of life outside its Near …

Hybrid speciation in mammals: illusion or reality?

LA Lavrenchenko - Biology Bulletin Reviews, 2014 - Springer
In the review, the known examples of presumable hybrid speciation in mammals are
analyzed. It is often not easy to clearly differentiate hybrid speciation and derivatives of other …

Patterns of morphological evolution in the mandible of the house mouse Mus musculus (Rodentia: Muridae)

R Siahsarvie, JC Auffray, J Darvish… - Biological Journal of …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The worldwide distributed house mouse, Mus musculus, is subdivided into at least three
lineages, Mus musculus musculus, Mus musculus domesticus, and Mus musculus …

New insights into the invasive process of the eastern house mouse (Mus musculus musculus): Evidence from the burnt houses of Chalcolithic Romania

T Cucchi, A Bălăşescu, C Bem, V Radu… - The …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
The house mouse invasion of the European continent has crucial implications for our
understanding of the synanthropization process of European small mammals during the …

[PDF][PDF] Genetic transition in the house mouse, Mus musculus of Eastern Iranian Plateau

J Darvish, A Orth, F Bonhomme - Folia Zoologica-Praha-, 2006 - webarchiv.lib.cas.cz
Mice belonging to the Mus musculus species complex from the north-eastern Iranian
Plateau (Khorasan province) have been genetically characterised for allozymic variation …