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

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 during early stages o...

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Main Authors: Hardouin, E.A., Chapuis, J.L., Stevens, M.I., van Vuuren, J.B., Quillfeldt, P., Scavetta, R.J., Teschke, M., Tautz, D.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: 2010
Subjects:
Antarctic
Southern Ocean
Kerguelen
Antarc*
Online Access:http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/20661/
https://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/20661/1/Hardoiun._pdf.pdf
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Summary: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 during early stages of new colonization. We have focused here on the Kerguelen Archipelago, located within the sub-Antarctic area and compare the patterns with samples from other Southern Ocean islands.

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