House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion

• Published in: BMC Evolutionary Biology
• Main Authors: Hardouin, Emilie A, Chapuis, Jean-Louis, Stevens, Mark I, van Vuuren, Jansen Bettine, Quillfeldt, Petra, Scavetta, Rick J, Teschke, Meike, Tautz, Diethard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Science and Business Media LLC 2010
• Subjects: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics; Antarctic; Kerguelen; Main Island; Southern Ocean; Amsterdam Island; Antarc*; Antipodes Island; Auckland Islands; Macquarie Island; Marion Island
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-325; https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1186/1471-2148-10-325.pdf

Abstract Background Starting from Western Europe, the house mouse ( Mus musculus domesticus ) has spread across the globe in historic times. However, most oceanic islands were colonized by mice only within the past 300 years. This makes them an excellent model for studying the evolutionary processes...