Evolution of seasonal adaptations in voles - a physiological and genetic approach

• Main Author: Van Dalum, Mattis Jayme
• Format: Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: UiT The Arctic University of Norway 2022
• Subjects: Kronobiologi; DOKTOR-002; Barrett; Shearer; Common vole; Microtus arvalis; Tundra
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10037/24919

This thesis addressed phenotypic and genetic variation in seasonal time keeping mechanisms of the tundra vole ( Microtus oeconomus ) and the common vole ( Microtus arvalis ). Voles ( Microtus ) are short-lived, non-hibernating and seasonally breeding rodents. The genus has rapidly evolved (< 2 mi...