Variation in Numbers in a House Mouse Population Housed in a Large Outdoor Enclosure: Seasonal Fluctuations

10.2307/4715 ◽  
1986 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 371 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pamela R. Pennycuik ◽  
P. G. Johnston ◽  
N. H. Westwood ◽  
A. H. Reisner
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Seasonal Fluctuations ◽  
Mouse Population ◽  
Outdoor Enclosure

scholarly journals A system for automatic recording of social behavior in a free-living wild house mouse population

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara König ◽  
Anna K. Lindholm ◽  
Patricia C. Lopes ◽  
Akos Dobay ◽  
Sally Steinert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Behavior ◽  
House Mouse ◽  
Automatic Recording ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Mouse Population ◽  
Wild House Mouse

Persistence of an Introduced Lethal in a Feral House Mouse Population

1967 ◽  
Vol 101 (922) ◽  
pp. 538-539 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dorothea Bennett ◽  
Roberta Bruck ◽  
L. C. Dunn ◽  
Barry Klyde ◽  
Fay Shutsky ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mouse Population

scholarly journals Whole-genome sequencing analysis reveals the population history of Mus musculus in Madagascar

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazumichi Fujiwara ◽  
Marie C Ranorosoa ◽  
Satoshi D Ohdachi ◽  
Satoru Arai ◽  
Yuki Sakuma ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mus Musculus ◽  
Population History ◽  
House Mice ◽  
Whole Genome ◽  
Sequencing Analysis ◽  
Mouse Population ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
History Of ◽  
Ancient Hybridization

AbstractIn Madagascar, the house mouse (Mus musculus) is thought to have colonized along with humans and is now one of the most successfully colonized rodents on the island. In this study, we determined the whole-genome sequences of the Madagascar house mouse captured from the wild. We examined the evolutionary history of its population regarding the mitochondrial and autosomal genomes. We confirmed that in the mitochondrial genomes of Madagascar house mice, a monophyletic clade forms a basal origin within the species. An analysis of autosomal genomic sequences indicates that the Madagascar house mouse population is genetically a member of M. m. castaneus (CAS). It also contains genetic elements of M. m. domesticus (DOM) resulting from ancient hybridization. The signature of a strong population bottleneck 1000–3000 years ago was observed in the mitochondrial and autosomal genomic data. We also show that the divergence of the Madagascar population from the CAS population occurred approximately 50,000–99,000 years ago. Madagascar house mice show strong genetic affinity to many CAS samples across a wide range of Indian Ocean coastal regions. However, our results suggest that they would not have originated directly from the Indonesian islands, where Austronesian-speaking people in Madagascar originated. Because the ancient hybridization signature with DOM did not appear in the Indonesian and other CAS samples, we propose that Madagascar house mice were not directly brought by Austronesian-speaking people but came from somewhere around the Middle East or South Asia soon after the colonization of initial farmers.

Introduction of a Lethal Allele into a Feral House Mouse Population

1964 ◽  
Vol 98 (898) ◽  
pp. 57-64 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul K. Anderson ◽  
L. C. Dunn ◽  
Andrew B. Beasley
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mouse Population ◽  
Lethal Allele

Evidence of functional Cd94 polymorphism in a free-living house mouse population

2018 ◽  
Vol 71 (4) ◽  
pp. 321-333
Author(s):  
Linn E. Knutsen ◽  
Erik Dissen ◽  
Per C. Saether ◽  
Elisabeth Gyllensten Bjørnsen ◽  
Jaroslav Piálek ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Free Living ◽  
Mouse Population

The role of predators in ship rat and house mouse population eruptions: drivers or passengers?

Oikos ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 100 (3) ◽  
pp. 601-613 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. L. Blackwell ◽  
M. A. Potter ◽  
J. A. McLennan ◽  
E. O. Minot
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Mouse Population ◽  
Ship Rat

Nest attendance of lactating females in a wild house mouse population: benefits associated with communal nesting

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 143-149 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yannick Auclair ◽  
Barbara König ◽  
Manuela Ferrari ◽  
Nicolas Perony ◽  
Anna K. Lindholm
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Nest Attendance ◽  
Mouse Population ◽  
Communal Nesting ◽  
Lactating Females ◽  
Wild House Mouse

Process Responsible for Temporal Changes in the Percentages of Pelage Color Types Among the Young Recruited Into a House Mouse-Population in an Outdoor Pen

1990 ◽  
Vol 38 (2) ◽  
pp. 105
Author(s):  
PR Pennycuik ◽  
AH Reisner ◽  
NH Westwood
Keyword(s):  
House Mouse ◽  
Total Population ◽  
Temporal Changes ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Population Bottlenecks ◽  
Mouse Population ◽  
Colour Type ◽  
Pelage Color ◽  
Males And Females ◽  
And Migration

In populations of the house mouse, Mus musculus, temporal changes in allelic frequencies have been attributed to both selective and non-selective processes. During a 12-year study on a mouse population carrying recessive alleles at loci affecting the colour of the pelage, the percentages of homozygous recessive mice among the young recruited were found to change with time. These changes occurred in both the total population living in the experimental pen and in the subpopulations living in the five shelters housing the mice. In the total population, bottlenecks preceded changes in the percentages of recessive homozygotes among the mice recruited each year. In the subpopulations, changes in the percentages of recessive homozygotes were preceded by bottlenecks and by movements of mice between shelters. When the data for the males and females of each pelage colour were pooled, the males of all colour types appeared to be equally fit, and females of only one colour type appeared to be slightly less fit than the other three. We concluded that the temporal changes in the percentages of mice homozygous for the recessive alleles were due largely, if not wholly, to drift and migration rather than to natural selection, and that the relative importance of these non-selective processes was determined by the degree to which the populations were isolated from one another.

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