The diverse origins of New Zealand house mice
| Autor: | Chrissen E. C. Gemmill, İslam Gündüz, Eleanor P. Jones, Carolyn M. King, Mark I. Stevens, Jeremy B. Searle, Paul M Jamieson |
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| Přispěvatelé: | OMÜ, Searle, Jeremy B, Jamieson, Paul M, Gündüz, Islam, Stevens, Mark I, Jones, Eleanor P, Gemmill, Chrissen EC, King, Carolyn M |
| Rok vydání: | 2008 |
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Genetic Markers
endocrine system Mitochondrial DNA Asia animal diseases mitochondrial DNA phylogeography Subspecies Biology DNA Mitochondrial General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology DNA sequencing Mice D-loop Phylogenetics morphology Animals Mus musculus hybridization Phylogeny General Environmental Science Genetics Geography General Immunology and Microbiology Haplotype food and beverages Sequence Analysis DNA General Medicine Nuclear DNA Europe Haplotypes Evolutionary biology embryonic structures Hybridization Genetic House mice General Agricultural and Biological Sciences Research Article New Zealand |
| Zdroj: | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences. 276:209-217 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2954 0962-8452 |
| Popis: | Gemmill, Chrissen E C/0000-0002-1704-9893; King, Carolyn M/0000-0001-6048-8931; Searle, Jeremy/0000-0001-7710-5204; Gunduz, Islam/0000-0002-6436-5397 WOS: 000262005200004 PubMed: 18826937 Molecular markers and morphological characters can help infer the colonization history of organisms. A combination of mitochondrial (mt) D-loop DNA sequences, nuclear DNA data, external measurements and skull characteristics shows that house mice (Mus musculus) in New Zealand and its outlying islands are descended from very diverse sources. The predominant genome is Mus musculus domesticus (from western Europe), but Mus musculus musculus (from central Europe) and Mus musculus castaneus (from southern Asia) are also represented genetically. These subspecies have hybridized to produce combinations of musculus and domesticus nuclear DNA coupled with domesticus mtDNA, and castaneus or musculus mtDNA with domesticus nuclear DNA. The majority of the mice with domesticus mtDNA that we sampled had D-loop sequences identical to two haplotypes common in Britain. This is consistent with long-term British New Zealand cultural linkages. The origins of the castaneus mtDNA sequences widespread in New Zealand are less easy to identify. Universities of Waikato and York; Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)Turkiye Bilimsel ve Teknolojik Arastirma Kurumu (TUBITAK); Microsoft Corporation We are extremely grateful to Kath Walker, Graeme Taylor and Alex McKillop for collecting mice from the offshore islands, to Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service ( Keith Springer) for the Macquarie Island specimens and to Pavel Munclinger for his advice and preliminary typing with nuclear markers. We also thank Alec Zwart for statistical help, Rhys Richards for advice on maritime history, Jaroslav Pialek and Francois Catzeflis for provision of samples of known subspecies, Frioa Johannesdottir for drawing the trees and commenting on the manuscript, and Max Oulton for drawing the map. Funding was provided by the Universities of Waikato and York, and the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK). Part of this work was carried out using the resources of the Computational Biology Service Unit from Cornell University which is partially funded by Microsoft Corporation. |
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