the identification of the efficiency of some mtdna genes of mus musculus species complex (house mouse) for biosystematics research was studied in this approach. recent studies have made use of different mitochondrial genes including nadh dehydrogenase genes, cytochrome b gene, cytochrome oxidase genes, d-loop region and whole mtdna genome to study the house mouse species. usage of each of these...

background: gonadotropin releasing hormone conjugate (gnrh-bsa) raises antibodies against biologically active gonadotropin releasing hormone (gnrh) which affects body weight, gonadosomatic indices (gsi) and sperm quality in male mice. objective: the objective of this experimental investigation is to develop an effective and reliable hormonal immunocontraceptive vaccine to suppress spermatogenes...

The Androgen-binding protein ( Abp ) gene region of the mouse genome contains 64 genes, some encoding pheromones that influence assortative mating between mice from different subspecies. Using CNVnator and quantitative PCR, we explored copy number variation in this gene family in natural populations of Mus musculus domesticus ( Mmd ) and Mus musculus musculus ( Mmm ), two subspecies of house mi...

Artificial insemination has been used to produce interspecific mouse hybrids. Mus musculus x Mus cervicolor cervicolor hybrids failed to complete more than a few cleavage divisions but both M. musculus x M. dunni and M. musculus x M. caroli hybrids completed preimplantation development. These hybrid embryos are heterozygous for various X-linked enzymes and may provide a useful genetic system fo...

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...

Most Schistosoma mansoni experimental infections are developed in several inbred strains of Mus musculus as definitive host. In contrast, Mus spretus is unexplored in Schistosoma infection studies. Mus spretus provides a high variation of immunological phenotypes being an invaluable tool for genetic studies and gene mapping. The aim of this study is to characterize hematological and immunologic...

Homo sapiens and Mus musculus genomes have the similarity ranges from 70% to 90% with an average of 85%. Interleukin (IL) has 17 different families among which interleukin 2 (IL2) is present in both Homo sapiens and Mus musculus. IL2 activates the receptor named IL2-R which further proliferate lymphocytes such as T-cell and B-cell. IL2 is a glycosylated polypeptide lymphokine. It requires cleav...

Mus Musculus was randomly mutagenized using N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (ENU). Mutations on Chromosome 5 were selected using the Rw inversion, a visibly marked, recessive, lethal inversion that covers almost fifty megabases (Mb). Multiple mutations were isolated from the subsequent three-generation mutagenesis screen, one of which was lethal 6. Using a combination of complementation tests and recombi...