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...

UNLABELLED Murine cytomegalovirus (MCMV) is a betaherpesvirus of the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus. It is a common infectious agent of wild mice and a highly studied pathogen of the laboratory mouse. Betaherpesviruses are specific to their hosts, and it is not known if other Mus taxa carry MCMV or if it is restricted to M. m. domesticus. We sampled mice over a 145-km transect of Bavaria-...

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...

Interspecific hybridization between closely related mammalian species, including various species of the genus Mus, is commonly associated with abnormal growth of the placenta and hybrid foetuses, a phenomenon known as hybrid placental dysplasia (HPD). The role of HPD in speciation is anticipated but still poorly understood. Here, we studied placental and foetal growth in F1 crosses between four...

Male house mice (Mus musculus) emit ultrasonic vocalizations (USVs) during courtship, which attract females, and we aimed to test whether females use these vocalizations for species or subspecies recognition of potential mates. We recorded courtship USVs of males from different Mus species, Mus musculus subspecies, and populations (F1 offspring of wild-caught Mus musculus musculus, Mus musculus...

Being subject to intense post-copulatory selection, sperm size is a principal determining component of male fitness. Although previous studies have presented comparative sperm size data at higher taxonomic levels, information on the evolution of sperm size within species is generally lacking. Here, we studied two house mouse subspecies, Mus musculus musculus and Mus musculus domesticus, which u...

the house mouse (mus musculus) is a polytypic species, with its geographic distribution largely the result of human migrations during the late glacial and holocene. this study used geometric morphometry (gm) on upper and lower molars to discriminate among the three subspecies of the house mouse present in iran. moreover cranial remains of this species were uncovered on several archaeological si...

A quarter of a century before the advent of biochemical tools for taxonomic approaches, Schwarz and Schwarz (1943) published a pioneering survey of the systematics of the house mouse. All taxa were then considered as subspecies of the house mouse (Mus musculus). In other words, there was only one species within the subgenus Mus. It was a relatively large-scale study, but the taxonomic criteria ...

The olfactory acuity of mice allows them to discriminate odors of conspecifics differing by a few genes. This acuity is used in habituation procedures where investigation of novel odors by the mouse can be translated into relative difference or similarity between the stimuli. This study adapts these behavioral procedures to address suprapopulation divergence among urinary odors in the house mou...

Inferring the history of isolation and gene flow during species differentiation can inform us on the processes underlying their formation. Following their recent expansion in Europe, two subspecies of the house mouse (Mus musculus domesticus and Mus musculus musculus) have formed a hybrid zone maintained by hybrid incompatibilities and possibly behavioural reinforcement, offering a good model o...