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Detection of recombinant haplotypes in wild mice (Mus musculus) provides new insights into the origin of Japanese mice.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jun 2010
Nunome Mitsuo, Ishimori Chikako, Aplin Ken P, Tsuchiya Kimiyuki, Yonekawa Hiromichi, Moriwaki Kazuo, Suzuki Hitoshi
Abstract excerpt
Japanese house mice (Mus musculus molossinus) are thought to be a hybrid lineage derived from two prehistoric immigrants, the subspecies M. m. musculus of northern Eurasia and M. m. castaneus of South Asia. Mice of the western European subspecies M. m. domesticus have been detected in Japanese ports and airports only. We examined haplotype structuring of a 200 kb stretch on chromosome 8 for 59 mice from...
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