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Where are the wormy mice? A reexamination of hybrid parasitism in the European house mouse hybrid zone.
Evolution; international journal of organic evolution - 1 Sept 2012
Baird Stuart J E, Ribas Alexis, Macholán Miloš, Albrecht Tomáš, Piálek Jaroslav, Goüy de Bellocq Joëlle
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Wormy mice in a hybrid zone have been interpreted as evidence of low hybrid fitness, such that parasites contribute to species separation. However, because of its natural heterogeneity, observations of parasite load must be numerous with good field area coverage. We sampled 689 mice from 107 localities across the Bavaria-Bohemia region of the European house mouse hybrid zone and calculated their hybrid indices...
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