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[Polytypic species Mus musculus in Transcaucasia].
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie III, Sciences de la vie - 1 May 1996
Orth A, Lyapunova E, Kandaurov A, Boissinot S, Boursot P, Vorontsov N, Bonhomme F
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested that the house mouse, Mus musculus, is a polytypic species that originated in the northern part of the Indian sub-continent. Its subspecies have established secondary contact zones in east-centre China and in western Europe. However, the exact colonization routes taken by these subtaxa and their regions of primary differentiation have not yet been identified. We analyzed 89 mice from...
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