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23 - Evolution in the Cellar: Live-Trapping Wild House Mice in the Italian Alps

from Part II - Essays: Inspiring Fieldwork

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 February 2020

By
Heidi C. Hauffe
Edited by
Tim Burt  and
Des Thompson
Tim Burt
Affiliation:
Durham University
Des Thompson
Affiliation:
Scottish Natural Heritage
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Summary

The house mouse (Mus musculus) has contributed to our knowledge of animal biology for almost 400 years, with a multitude of carefully selected laboratory strains now acting as models for human medical research. Less well known is the role this animal has played in our understanding of speciation; that is, how one species evolves into two or more. Although Charles Darwin speculated about speciation in The Origin of Species, the process is still hotly debated.

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Curious about Nature
A Passion for Fieldwork
 , pp. 212 - 217
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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Hauffe, H. C., Giménez, M. D. and Searle, J. B. (2012). Chromosomal hybrid zones in the house mouse. In Evolution of the House Mouse. Cambridge Series in Morphology and Molecules, eds. Macholan, M, Baird, S. J. E., Munclinger, P. and Pialek, J. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 407–430.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
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