Evolution of the House Mouse

by Edited by Miloš Macholán , Stuart J. E. Baird , Pavel Munclinger , Jaroslav Piálek

• ISBN13: 9780521760669
• ISBN10: 0521760666
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-08-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The house mouse is the source of almost all genetic variation in laboratory mice; its genome was sequenced before that of humans and it has become the model for mammalian speciation. Featuring contributions from leaders in the field, this volume provides the evolutionary context necessary to interpret these patterns and processes in the age of genomics. The topics reviewed include mouse phylogeny, phylogeography, origins of commensalism, adaptation and dynamics of secondary contacts between subspecies. Explorations of mouse behaviour cover the nature of chemical and ultrasonic signalling, recognition and social environment. The importance of the mouse as an evolutionary model is highlighted in reviews of the first described example of meiotic drive (t-haplotype) and the first identified mammalian speciation gene (Prdm9). This detailed overview of house mouse evolution is a valuable resource for researchers of mouse biology as well as those interested in mouse genetics, evolutionary biology, behaviour, parasitology and archaeozoology.

Table of Contents

List of contributors

Foreword: mice and (wo)men: an evolving relationship

Preface

The house mouse and its relatives: systematics and taxonomy

Phylogeny and biogeography of the genus Mus in Eurasia

On the origin of the house mouse synanthropy and dispersal in the Near East and Europe: zooarchaeological review and perspectives

Origin and genetic status of Mus musculus molossinus: a typical example of reticulate evolution in the genus Mus

The complex social environment of female house mice (Mus domesticus)

Development of the mouse mandible: a model system for complex morphological structures

Recognition of subspecies status mediated by androgen-binding protein (ABP) in the evolution of incipient reinforcement on the European house mouse hybrid zone

Mechanisms of chemical communication

The evolution of MHC diversity in house mice

Ultrasonic vocalizations in house mice: a cryptic mode of acoustic communication Kerstin Musolf and Dustin J. Penn

House mouse phylogeography

The mouse t-haplotype: a selfish chromosome âÇô genetics, molecular mechanism and evolution

Tracing recent adaptations in natural populations of the house mouse

What can the Mus musculus musculus/M. m. domesticus hybrid zone tell us about speciation? Stuart

Behaviour, ecology and speciation in the house mouse

Chromosomal hybrid zones in the house mouse

The role of the X chromosome in house mouse speciation

New insights into parasitism in the house mouse hybrid

Hybrid male sterility genes in the mouse subspecific crosses JiÅÖá Forejt

Linkage disequilibrium approaches for detecting hybrid zone movement: a study of the house mouse hybrid zone in southern

Index

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