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

• Main Authors: Hardouin, E.A., Chapuis, J.-L., Stevens, M.I., Jansen van Vuuren, B., Quillfeldt, P., Scavetta, R.J., Teschke, M., Tautz, D.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: English
• Published: BioMed Central Ltd. 2011
• Subjects: Antarctic; Southern Ocean; Kerguelen; Main Island; Amsterdam Island; Antarc*; Antipodes Island; Auckland Islands; Macquarie Island; Marion Island
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/117714

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 during ea...