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Mitochondrial DNA and chromosomal studies of wild mice ( ) from Turkey and Iran
Complete D-loop sequences of 20 Mus from three localities in Turkey and seven in Iran were characterized. These countries are thought to be close to the place of origin of the subspecies Mus musculus domesticus . Five new M. m. domesticus haplotypes were added to the nine already known for the regio...
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Published in: | Heredity 2000-04, Vol.84 (4), p.458-467 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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Language: | English |
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Summary: | Complete D-loop sequences of 20
Mus
from three localities in Turkey and seven in Iran were characterized. These countries are thought to be close to the place of origin of the subspecies
Mus musculus domesticus
. Five new
M. m. domesticus
haplotypes were added to the nine already known for the region. Four of these 14 haplotypes were very similar to the consensus D-loop sequence for western Europe defined by
Nachman et al. (1994)
, which may represent the ancestral condition for
M. m. domesticus
. A divergent mtDNA lineage is found in various parts of Turkey and northern Iran; it has spread into western Europe, but other European lineages were not found in either Turkey or Iran. The other
Mus
D-loop sequences were of
M. m. castaneus
and
Mus macedonicus
and confirmed
M. macedonicus
as a monotypic species with low nucleotide diversity. The prevalence of the standard 40-chromosome complement in this region is particularly interesting with regards
M. m. domesticus
, as it is consistent with the
in situ
origin of Robertsonian karyotypic races (2
n
< 40) in western Europe. |
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ISSN: | 0018-067X 1365-2540 |
DOI: | 10.1046/j.1365-2540.2000.00694.x |