The house mouse: A model and motor for evolutionary understanding

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 335-347

  Berry, R J ^a,c   Scriven, P N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Quarfseter   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ecological physiology; Evolution; Mus domesticus; Robertsonian chromosomes; Social structure

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; GENE FLOW; SOCIAL STRUCTURE;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WORLD;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 15944394065     PISSN: 00244066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1095-8312.2005.00438.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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