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Diversity of major urinary proteins (MUPs) in wild house mice.
Scientific reports - 6 Dec 2016
Thoß Michaela, Enk Viktoria, Yu Hans, Miller Ingrid, Luzynski Kenneth C, Balint Boglarka, Smith Steve, Razzazi-Fazeli Ebrahim, Penn Dustin J
Abstract excerpt
Major urinary proteins (MUPs) are often suggested to be highly polymorphic, and thereby provide unique chemical signatures used for individual and genetic kin recognition; however, studies on MUP variability have been lacking. We surveyed populations of wild house mice (Mus musculus musculus), and examined variation of MUP genes and proteins. We sequenced several Mup genes (9 to 11 loci) and unexpectedly found no...
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