ArticleHeredity2017
Genetic structure and invasion history of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus) in Senegal, West Africa: a legacy of colonial and contemporary times.
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- Genetic structure and demographic history of house mice in western Europe inferred using whole-genome sequences.Proceedings. Biological sciences · 2025Article
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- Sharing space between native and invasive small mammals: Study of commensal communities in Senegal.Ecology and evolution · 2023Article
- The reconstruction of invasion histories with genomic data in light of differing levels of anthropogenic transport.Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences · 2022Article
- The Spatial Distribution of the House Mouse,Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2022Article
- A hotspot of Toxoplasma gondii Africa 1 lineage in Benin: How new genotypes from West Africa contribute to understand the parasite genetic diversity worldwide.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2021Article
- Ancient mitochondrial DNA connects house mice in the British Isles to trade across Europe over three millennia.BMC ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Same Invasion, Different Routes: Helminth Assemblages May Favor the Invasion Success of the House Mouse in Senegal.Frontiers in veterinary science · 2021Article
- Differential immune gene expression associated with contemporary range expansion in two invasive rodents in Senegal.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Invasion History ofInsects · 2020Article
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- The introduction of new hosts with human trade shapes the extant distribution of Toxoplasma gondii lineages.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2019Article
- Leishmania major and Trypanosoma lewisi infection in invasive and native rodents in Senegal.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2018Article
- Seroprevalence of Toxoplasma gondii in commensal rodents sampled across Senegal, West Africa.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2018Article
- Ecological and sanitary impacts of bacterial communities associated to biological invasions in African commensal rodent communities.Scientific reports · 2017Article
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16 authors at 6 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Knowledge of the genetic make-up and demographic history of invasive populations is critical to understand invasion mechanisms. Commensal rodents are ideal models to study whether complex invasion histories are typical of introductions involving human activities. The house mouse Mus musculus domesticus is a major invasive synanthropic rodent originating from South-West Asia. It has been largely studied in Europe and on several remote islands, but the genetic structure and invasion history of this taxon have been little investigated in several continental areas, including West Africa. In this study, we focussed on invasive populations of M. m. domesticus in Senegal. In this focal area for European settlers, the distribution area and invasion spread of the house mouse is documented by decades of data on commensal rodent communities. Genetic variation at one mitochondrial locus and 16 nuclear microsatellite markers was analysed from individuals sampled in 36 sites distributed across the country. A combination of phylogeographic and population genetics methods showed that there was a single introduction event on the northern coast of Senegal, from an exogenous (probably West European) source, followed by a secondary introduction from northern Senegal into a coastal site further south. The geographic locations of these introduction sites were consistent with the colonial history of Senegal. Overall, the marked microsatellite genetic structure observed in Senegal, even between sites located close together, revealed a complex interplay of different demographic processes occurring during house mouse spatial expansion, including sequential founder effects and stratified dispersal due to human transport along major roads.
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