ArticlePloS one2011
Of mice and 'convicts': origin of the Australian house mouse, Mus musculus.
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- Ancient mitochondrial DNA connects house mice in the British Isles to trade across Europe over three millennia.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
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- Multiple ecological processes underpin the eruptive dynamics of small mammals: House mice in a semi-arid agricultural environment.Ecology and evolution · 2020Article
- Rapid host expansion of an introduced parasite, the spiny rat louse Polyplax spinulosa (Psocodea: Phthiraptera: Polyplacidae), among endemic rodents in Australia.Parasites & vectors · 2020Article
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- Murine and related chapparvoviruses are nephro-tropic and produce novel accessory proteins in infected kidneys.PLoS pathogens · 2020Article
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- The genomic ancestry, landscape genetics and invasion history of introduced mice in New Zealand.Royal Society open science · 2018Article
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Abstract
The house mouse, Mus musculus, is one of the most ubiquitous invasive species worldwide and in Australia is particularly common and widespread, but where it originally came from is still unknown. Here we investigated this origin through a phylogeographic analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequences (D-loop) comparing mouse populations from Australia with those from the likely regional source area in Western Europe. Our results agree with human historical associations, showing a strong link between Australia and the British Isles. This outcome is of intrinsic and applied interest and helps to validate the colonization history of mice as a proxy for human settlement history.
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