The origin of Swedish and Norwegian populations of the Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)
(2013) In Acta Theriologica 58(1). p.101-104- Abstract
- The harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) occurs throughout most of continental Europe. There are also two isolated and recently discovered populations on the Scandinavian peninsula, in Sweden and Norway. Here, we investigate the origin of these populations through analyses of mitochondrial DNA. We found that the two populations on the Scandinavian peninsula have different mtDNA haplotypes. A comparison of our haplotypes to published sequences from most of Europe showed that all Swedish and Norwegian haplotypes are most closely related to the haplotypes in harvest mice from Denmark. Hence, the two populations seem to represent independent colonisations but originate from the same geographical area. We discuss the age of the Swedish and... (More)
- The harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) occurs throughout most of continental Europe. There are also two isolated and recently discovered populations on the Scandinavian peninsula, in Sweden and Norway. Here, we investigate the origin of these populations through analyses of mitochondrial DNA. We found that the two populations on the Scandinavian peninsula have different mtDNA haplotypes. A comparison of our haplotypes to published sequences from most of Europe showed that all Swedish and Norwegian haplotypes are most closely related to the haplotypes in harvest mice from Denmark. Hence, the two populations seem to represent independent colonisations but originate from the same geographical area. We discuss the age of the Swedish and Norwegian populations and suggest that both have been introduced recently. (Less)
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- Råberg, Lars LU ; Loman, Jon LU ; Hellgren, Olof LU ; van der Kooij, Jeroen ; Isaksen, Kjell and Solheim, Roar
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- 2013
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
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- keywords
- Control region, Cytochrome b, Phylogeography
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- Acta Theriologica
- volume
- 58
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 101 - 104
- publisher
- Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences
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- wos:000313062000012
- scopus:84871990087
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- 0001-7051
- DOI
- 10.1007/s13364-012-0102-0
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- English
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- yes
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- 38d2e690-1b88-4010-89f5-6e676e0af1d1 (old id 3480982)
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abstract = {{The harvest mouse (Micromys minutus) occurs throughout most of continental Europe. There are also two isolated and recently discovered populations on the Scandinavian peninsula, in Sweden and Norway. Here, we investigate the origin of these populations through analyses of mitochondrial DNA. We found that the two populations on the Scandinavian peninsula have different mtDNA haplotypes. A comparison of our haplotypes to published sequences from most of Europe showed that all Swedish and Norwegian haplotypes are most closely related to the haplotypes in harvest mice from Denmark. Hence, the two populations seem to represent independent colonisations but originate from the same geographical area. We discuss the age of the Swedish and Norwegian populations and suggest that both have been introduced recently.}},
author = {{Råberg, Lars and Loman, Jon and Hellgren, Olof and van der Kooij, Jeroen and Isaksen, Kjell and Solheim, Roar}},
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keywords = {{Control region; Cytochrome b; Phylogeography}},
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publisher = {{Mammal Research Institute, Polish Academy of Sciences}},
series = {{Acta Theriologica}},
title = {{The origin of Swedish and Norwegian populations of the Eurasian harvest mouse (Micromys minutus)}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s13364-012-0102-0}},
doi = {{10.1007/s13364-012-0102-0}},
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