An Unusual Animal Model Deer Mice As Laboratory Animals
norvegicus) remain the most widely used species of research rodents. Nevertheless, other rodent species (albeit in smaller numbers) are also consistently employed in laboratory re-search and teaching (Jackson 1997). One species used in-creasingly in toxicological and epidemiological research, as wel...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.668.3336 2023-05-15T17:22:23+02:00 An Unusual Animal Model Deer Mice As Laboratory Animals Charlotte P. Joyner Lisa C. Myrick Janet P. Crossl Wallace D. Dawson The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives application/pdf http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.668.3336 http://stkctr.biol.sc.edu/Reprints/Reprints_5/Joyner_1998.pdf en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.668.3336 http://stkctr.biol.sc.edu/Reprints/Reprints_5/Joyner_1998.pdf Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://stkctr.biol.sc.edu/Reprints/Reprints_5/Joyner_1998.pdf text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T17:12:09Z norvegicus) remain the most widely used species of research rodents. Nevertheless, other rodent species (albeit in smaller numbers) are also consistently employed in laboratory re-search and teaching (Jackson 1997). One species used in-creasingly in toxicological and epidemiological research, as well as in ecological, behavioral, and genetic studies, is the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) (Figure 1) (Barry 1975). Wild deer mice are among the most abundant small mam-mals in North America. They range from Alaska to central Mexico, from Newfoundland to Virginia, and from Atlantic to Pacific oceans (Hall 1981). Deer mice are absent only in the southeasternmost states, where they are replaced by re-lated species. More than 60 formally described subspecies of deer mice occupy a wide variety of forest, prairie, and desert habitats from sea level to elevations of 14,000 ft or more. In nature, deer mice nest in logs and stumps or in shallow burrows beneath rocks and clumps of vegetation. They subsist on seeds supplemented with occasional crickets or other insects. Owls, snakes, foxes, weasels, and other small carnivores find these rodents a staple food source, and thus they play an important role in natural ecosystems (King Text Newfoundland Alaska Unknown Burrows ENVELOPE(163.650,163.650,-74.300,-74.300) Pacific |
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norvegicus) remain the most widely used species of research rodents. Nevertheless, other rodent species (albeit in smaller numbers) are also consistently employed in laboratory re-search and teaching (Jackson 1997). One species used in-creasingly in toxicological and epidemiological research, as well as in ecological, behavioral, and genetic studies, is the deer mouse (Peromyscus maniculatus) (Figure 1) (Barry 1975). Wild deer mice are among the most abundant small mam-mals in North America. They range from Alaska to central Mexico, from Newfoundland to Virginia, and from Atlantic to Pacific oceans (Hall 1981). Deer mice are absent only in the southeasternmost states, where they are replaced by re-lated species. More than 60 formally described subspecies of deer mice occupy a wide variety of forest, prairie, and desert habitats from sea level to elevations of 14,000 ft or more. In nature, deer mice nest in logs and stumps or in shallow burrows beneath rocks and clumps of vegetation. They subsist on seeds supplemented with occasional crickets or other insects. Owls, snakes, foxes, weasels, and other small carnivores find these rodents a staple food source, and thus they play an important role in natural ecosystems (King |
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