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[Natural hybridization between 2 sympatric species of mice, Mus musculus domesticus L. and Mus spretus Lataste].
Comptes rendus biologies - 1 Feb 2002
Orth Annie, Belkhir Khalid, Britton-Davidian Janice, Boursot Pierre, Benazzou Touria, Bonhomme François
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Using protein loci and DNA markers, we show by a multilocus genetic analysis that certain populations of the two sympatric mouse species Mus musculus domesticus and Mus spretus show clear signs of partial introgression. Given the sterility of F1 males and the known partial genetic incompatibilities between the genomes of the two species, our finding does not invalidate the biological species complex, but allows...
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