Water flux and energy use in wild house mice (Mus domesticus) and the impact of seasonal aridity on breeding and population levels

Oecologia ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 529-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. J. Mutze ◽  
B. Green ◽  
K. Newgrain
Keyword(s):  
Energy Use ◽  
Water Flux ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Mus Domesticus ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
The Impact

scholarly journals Effects of Oral Uptake of the Chemosterilant 4-Vinylcyclohexene Diepoxide in Wild House Mice, Mus domesticus

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyn , A. Hinds ◽  
Stephen Henry ◽  
Sameer Sharma ◽  
Luke Leung ◽  
Cheryl Dyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
House Mice ◽  
Mus Domesticus ◽  
Oral Uptake ◽  
Vinylcyclohexene Diepoxide ◽  
Wild House Mice

scholarly journals Polyandry blocks gene drive in a wild house mouse population

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Andri Manser ◽  
Barbara König ◽  
Anna K. Lindholm
Keyword(s):  
Natural Populations ◽  
Reproductive Behaviour ◽  
Mendelian Inheritance ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Gene Drive ◽  
Mouse Population ◽  
Drive Frequency ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Wild House Mouse

Abstract Gene drives are genetic elements that manipulate Mendelian inheritance ratios in their favour. Understanding the forces that explain drive frequency in natural populations is a long-standing focus of evolutionary research. Recently, the possibility to create artificial drive constructs to modify pest populations has exacerbated our need to understand how drive spreads in natural populations. Here, we study the impact of polyandry on a well-known gene drive, called t haplotype, in an intensively monitored population of wild house mice. First, we show that house mice are highly polyandrous: 47% of 682 litters were sired by more than one male. Second, we find that drive-carrying males are particularly compromised in sperm competition, resulting in reduced reproductive success. As a result, drive frequency decreased during the 4.5 year observation period. Overall, we provide the first direct evidence that the spread of a gene drive is hampered by reproductive behaviour in a natural population.

scholarly journals Serological survey of virus infection among wild house mice (Mus domesticus) in the UK

2007 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 229-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
S D Becker ◽  
M Bennett ◽  
J P Stewart ◽  
J L Hurst
Keyword(s):  
Virus Infection ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Mus Domesticus ◽  
Serological Survey ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
The Uk

A SEROLOGIC SURVEY FOR VIRUSES AND MYCOPLASMA PULMONIS AMONG WILD HOUSE MICE (MUS DOMESTICUS) IN SOUTHEASTERN AUSTRALIA

1993 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
pp. 219-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abigail L. Smith ◽  
Grant R. Singleton ◽  
George M. Hansen ◽  
Geoffrey Shellam
Keyword(s):  
House Mice ◽  
Mus Domesticus ◽  
Mycoplasma Pulmonis ◽  
Southeastern Australia ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
Serologic Survey

A review of the endoparasites of wild House Mice Mus domesticus

Mammal Review ◽  
1994 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 61-71 ◽  
Author(s):  
F.H. TATTERSALL ◽  
F. NOWELL ◽  
R.H. SMITH
Keyword(s):  
House Mice ◽  
Mus Domesticus ◽  
Wild House Mice

scholarly journals Maternal nutrition and reproduction of daughters in wild house mice (Mus musculus)

Reproduction ◽  
2001 ◽  
pp. 437-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
D Meikle ◽  
M Westberg
Keyword(s):  
Reproductive Success ◽  
Food Deprivation ◽  
Maternal Nutrition ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Organizational Effects ◽  
Body Weights ◽  
Wild House Mice ◽  
The Mean ◽  
And Control ◽  
The Impact

Food deprivation after weaning often has greater effects on the reproductive success of females than of males. However, if animals are deprived prenatally (that is, through food deprivation of the mother during gestation), the reproductive success of males may be more adversely affected than that of females because of a disruption in the organizational effects of testosterone in neonatal male mice. The hypotheses that daughters of female mice deprived of food during gestation would have lower reproductive success than control daughters, but that the impact of maternal food deprivation would be lower for daughters than it would be for sons, was tested. There was no difference in the proportion of daughters of food-deprived and control mothers that produced one or two litters. However, the mean number of pups weaned in the second litters by daughters of control females (5.9 +/- 0.57 SEM) was greater than the number of pups weaned by daughters of food-deprived females (4.5 +/- 0.65 SEM). There were no differences in the mean birth or weaning body weights of offspring. Therefore, maternal food deprivation in mice may have a small but significant effect on the reproductive success of daughters. However, studies of sons born to females that were subjected to the same food deprivation protocol indicate that maternal food deprivation may have a much greater effect on the reproduction of sons than on that of daughters.

Genetic basis for male aggression and survivorship in wild house mice (Mus domesticus)

1996 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-145 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Lenington ◽  
Lee C. Drickamer ◽  
Ami Sessions Robinson ◽  
Mark Erhart
Keyword(s):  
Genetic Basis ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Mus Domesticus ◽  
Male Aggression ◽  
Wild House Mice
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