A molecular characterization of the charismatic Faroe house mouse

• Main Authors: Eleanor P Jones, Jens-Kjeld Jensen, Eyðfinn Magnussen, Noomi Gregersen, Heidi S Hansen, Jeremy B Searle
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Faroe Islands; Huxley; Norway
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.1074.3123; http://faculty.jsd.claremont.edu/dmcfarlane/bio145mcfarlane/PDFs/Fareos%20mice.pdf

Faroe house mice are a 'classic' system of rapid and dramatic morphological divergence highlighted by J. S. Huxley during the development of the Modern Synthesis. In the present study, we characterize these charismatic mice using modern molecular techniques, examining specimens from all Fa...