Non-Random Occurrence of Robertsonian Translocations in the House Mouse (Mus musculus domesticus): Is It Related to Quantitative Variation in the Minor Satellite?

2014 ◽  
Vol 144 (2) ◽  
pp. 124-130
Author(s):  
Benoîte Cazaux ◽  
Josette Catalan ◽  
Julien Claude ◽  
Janice Britton-Davidian
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Quantitative Variation ◽  
Mus Musculus Domesticus ◽  
Robertsonian Translocations ◽  
Random Occurrence ◽  
Minor Satellite

De nouvelles populations robertsoniennes de souris (Mus musculus domesticus) au nord des Alpes

Genome ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 34 (4) ◽  
pp. 658-660 ◽  
Author(s):  
Khalid Belkhir ◽  
Janice Britton-Davidian ◽  
Barbara König
Keyword(s):  
Phylogenetic Relationship ◽  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Diploid Number ◽  
Chromosomal Evolution ◽  
Mus Musculus Domesticus ◽  
Robertsonian Translocations ◽  
Southern Germany ◽  
Relationship Of

New Robertsonian (Rb) populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) carrying different combinations of centric fusions are reported in France, Switzerland, and Germany. In Alsace (France), the diploid number varied from 2n = 38 to 34; four fusions were present, with Rb(4.12) homozygous in all populations whereas Rb(5.10), Rb(5.7), or Rb(10.14) were found to be segregating. In Switzerland, only all-acrocentric mice (2n = 40) were present in Bern while Rb(5.7) and Rb(9.16) occurred in Basel. In the Konstanz locality from southern Germany, all the mice were homozygous for nine Rb fusions: Rb(1.18), Rb(2.5), Rb(3.6), Rb(4.12), Rb(7.15), Rb(8.17), Rb(9.14), Rb(10.11), and Rb(13.16). The phylogenetic relationship of these new Rb populations with those already known is discussed.Key words: Robertsonian translocations, house mouse, chromosomes, chromosomal evolution.

scholarly journals Host subspecific viral strains in European house mice: Murine cytomegalovirus in the Eastern (Mus musculus musculus) and Western house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus)

Virology ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 521 ◽  
pp. 92-98 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dagmar Čížková ◽  
Stuart J.E. Baird ◽  
Jana Těšíková ◽  
Sebastian Voigt ◽  
Ďureje Ľudovít ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Murine Cytomegalovirus ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Mus Musculus Domesticus ◽  
Mus Musculus Musculus

scholarly journals Necessary Conditions for Social Transmission of Food Preference Through Feces in the House Mouse,Mus musculus domesticus

2018 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 113-121
Author(s):  
Tatiana Forestier ◽  
Christophe Féron ◽  
Chloé Leroy ◽  
Patrizia D’Ettorre ◽  
Patrick Gouat
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Food Preference ◽  
Necessary Conditions ◽  
Social Transmission ◽  
Mus Musculus Domesticus

Allozymic Polymorphism Among 14 Populations of the House Mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, From Greece

2005 ◽  
Vol 43 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 11-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgios Tryfonopoulos ◽  
Basil Chondropoulos ◽  
Stella Fraguedakis-Tsolis
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Mus Musculus Domesticus

scholarly journals Genic differentiation and origin of Robertsonian populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus Rutty)

1989 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 29-44 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janice Britton-Davidian ◽  
Joseph H. Nadeau ◽  
Henri Croset ◽  
Louis Thaler
Keyword(s):  
Gene Flow ◽  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Chromosomal Rearrangements ◽  
Nuclear Gene ◽  
Electrophoretic Analysis ◽  
Mus Musculus Domesticus ◽  
Effective Population ◽  
Chromosomal Races

SummaryThis paper examines the relation between chromosomal and nuclear-gene divergence in 28 wild populations of the house mouse semi-species, Mus musculus domesticus, in Western Europe and North Africa. Besides describing the karyotypes of 15 of these populations and comparing them to those of 13 populations for which such information was already known, it reports the results of an electrophoretic survey of proteins encoded by 34 nuclear loci in all 28 populations. Karyotypic variation in this taxon involves only centric (or Robertsonian) fusions which often differ in arm combination and number between chromosomal races. The electrophoretic analysis showed that the amount of genic variation within Robertsonian (Rb) populations was similar to that for all-acrocentric populations, i.e. bearing the standard karyotype. Moreover, divergence between the two types of populations was extremely low. These results imply that centric fusions in mice have not modified either the level or the nature of genic variability. The genetic similarity between Rb and all-acrocentric populations is not attributed to the persistence of gene flow, since multiple fusions cause marked reproductive isolation. Rather, we attribute this extreme similarity to the very recent origin of chromosomal races in Europe. Furthermore, genic diversity measures suggest that geographically separated Rb populations have in situ and independent origins. Thus, Rb translocations are probably not unique events, but originated repeatedly. Two models are presented to explain how the rapid fixation of a series of chromosomal rearrangements can occur in a population without lowering variability in the nuclear genes. The first model assumes that chromosomal mutation rates are between 10−3 and 10−4 and that populations underwent a series of transient bottlenecks in which the effective population size did not fall below 35. In the second model, genic variability is restored following severe bottlenecks, through gene flow and recombination.

Two types of mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) Y chromosomes in Quebec

Genome ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 534-537
Author(s):  
Yutaka Nishioka
Keyword(s):  
Y Chromosome ◽  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Repetitive Sequence ◽  
The Other ◽  
Chromosome Polymorphism ◽  
Mus Musculus Domesticus ◽  
Y Chromosomes

A Y chromosomal repetitive sequence identified two types of Y chromosomes in mice (Mus musculus domesticus) caught near Ste. Anne de Bellevue, Quebec. One type is apparently identical to the Y chromosome found in Maryland, Delaware, and California, whereas the other type is similar, but not identical, to the Y chromosome present in M.m. poschiavinus, an Alpine race of M.m. domesticus. These findings suggest that the domesticus Y chromosome is highly polymorphic and thus useful for elucidating the relationships among American and European house mouse populations.Key words: mouse Y chromosome, polymorphism, Mus musculus domesticus, repetitive sequence, Quebec.

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