Article
[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 th...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA
- Genotype
- Isoenzymes
- Muridae
- Transcaucasia
- Y Chromosome