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Genetic differentiation of the house mouse around the Mediterranean basin: matrilineal footprints of early and late colonization.
Proceedings. Biological sciences - 7 Apr 2011
Bonhomme François, Orth Annie, Cucchi Thomas, Rajabi-Maham Hassan, Catalan Josette, Boursot Pierre, Auffray Jean-Christophe, Britton-Davidian Janice
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The molecular signatures of the recent expansion of the western house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, around the Mediterranean basin are investigated through the study of mitochondrial D-loop polymorphism on a 1313 individual dataset. When reducing the complexity of the matrilineal network to a series of haplogroups (HGs), our main results indicate that: (i) several HGs are recognized which seem to have almost...
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