House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion
Includes bibliography. 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 evolution...
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ftunstellenbosch:oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/5061 2024-05-19T07:28:15+00:00 House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion Hardouin, Emilie A. Chapuis, Jean-Louis Stevens, Mark I. Van Vuuren, Jansen Bettine Quillfeldt, Petra Scavetta, Rick J. Teschke, Meike Tautz, Diethard 2010-10 15 p. : ill., maps. application/pdf http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5061 https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-325 en eng BioMed Central Hardouin, E.A., Chapuis, J.-L., Stevens, M.I., Van Vuuren, J.B., Quillfeldt, P., Scavetta, R.J., Teschke, M. & Tautz, D. 2010. House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10(1):325. 1471-2148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-325 http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5061 Hardouin et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. Mus musculus domesticus Mice -- Evolution Kerguelen Archipelago Mice -- Colonization -- Kerguelen Islands House mouse Article 2010 ftunstellenbosch https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-325 2024-04-23T23:55:35Z Includes bibliography. 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 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. Results: We have typed 18 autosomal and six Y-chromosomal microsatellite loci and obtained mitochondrial D-loop sequences for a total of 534 samples, mainly from the Kerguelen Archipelago, but also from the Falkland Islands, Marion Island, Amsterdam Island, Antipodes Island, Macquarie Island, Auckland Islands and one sample from South Georgia. We find that most of the mice on the Kerguelen Archipelago have the same mitochondrial haplotype and all share the same major Y-chromosomal haplotype. Two small islands (Cochons Island and Cimetière Island) within the archipelago show a different mitochondrial haplotype, are genetically distinct for autosomal loci, but share the major Y-chromosomal haplotype. In the mitochondrial D-loop sequences, we find several single step mutational derivatives of one of the major mitochondrial haplotypes, suggesting an unusually high mutation rate, or the occurrence of selective sweeps in mitochondria. Conclusions: Although there was heavy ship traffic for over a hundred years to the Kerguelen Archipelago, it appears that the mice that have arrived first have colonized the main island (Grande Terre) and most of the associated small islands. The second invasion that we see in our data has occurred on islands that are detached from Grande Terre and were likely to have had no resident mice prior to their arrival. The genetic data suggest that the mice of both primary invasions originated from related source populations. Our data suggest that an area colonized by mice is ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Amsterdam Island Antarc* Antarctic Antipodes Island Auckland Islands Kerguelen Islands Macquarie Island Marion Island Southern Ocean Stellenbosch University: SUNScholar Research Repository BMC Evolutionary Biology 10 1 325 |
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Mus musculus domesticus Mice -- Evolution Kerguelen Archipelago Mice -- Colonization -- Kerguelen Islands House mouse Hardouin, Emilie A. Chapuis, Jean-Louis Stevens, Mark I. Van Vuuren, Jansen Bettine Quillfeldt, Petra Scavetta, Rick J. Teschke, Meike Tautz, Diethard House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion |
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Includes bibliography. 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 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. Results: We have typed 18 autosomal and six Y-chromosomal microsatellite loci and obtained mitochondrial D-loop sequences for a total of 534 samples, mainly from the Kerguelen Archipelago, but also from the Falkland Islands, Marion Island, Amsterdam Island, Antipodes Island, Macquarie Island, Auckland Islands and one sample from South Georgia. We find that most of the mice on the Kerguelen Archipelago have the same mitochondrial haplotype and all share the same major Y-chromosomal haplotype. Two small islands (Cochons Island and Cimetière Island) within the archipelago show a different mitochondrial haplotype, are genetically distinct for autosomal loci, but share the major Y-chromosomal haplotype. In the mitochondrial D-loop sequences, we find several single step mutational derivatives of one of the major mitochondrial haplotypes, suggesting an unusually high mutation rate, or the occurrence of selective sweeps in mitochondria. Conclusions: Although there was heavy ship traffic for over a hundred years to the Kerguelen Archipelago, it appears that the mice that have arrived first have colonized the main island (Grande Terre) and most of the associated small islands. The second invasion that we see in our data has occurred on islands that are detached from Grande Terre and were likely to have had no resident mice prior to their arrival. The genetic data suggest that the mice of both primary invasions originated from related source populations. Our data suggest that an area colonized by mice is ... |
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House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion |
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House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion |
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House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion |
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House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion |
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House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion |
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house mouse colonization patterns on the sub-antarctic kerguelen archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion |
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Hardouin, E.A., Chapuis, J.-L., Stevens, M.I., Van Vuuren, J.B., Quillfeldt, P., Scavetta, R.J., Teschke, M. & Tautz, D. 2010. House mouse colonization patterns on the sub-Antarctic Kerguelen Archipelago suggest singular primary invasions and resilience against re-invasion. BMC Evolutionary Biology, 10(1):325. 1471-2148 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2148-10-325 http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/5061 |
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