title: [The existence in Europe of four groups of mice (genus Mus L.) of species and subspecies rank, demonstrated by biochemical genetics].
abstract: Analysis at 20 genetic loci by starch gel electrophoresis of a population from Greece shows that contrary to most accepted views, the outdoor Eastern Mediterranean Short-tailed Mouse (i) does not belong to the same species as the House Mouse (Mus musculus), (ii) is not less distant from the Eastern European semi-species of House Mouse (biochemical group 2) than from the Western and Mediterranean European semi-species (group 1), and (iii) is not more closely related to the outdoor Western Mediterranean Short-tailed Mouse Mus spretus (group 3), than to M. musculus. It represents a new biochemical group (group 4) and deserves a species rank (Mus spicilegus).
mesh_terms: D000483:Alleles; D000818:Animals; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004592:Electrophoresis, Starch Gel; D005060:Europe; D005787:Gene Frequency; D051379:Mice / Q000235:genetics*; D008967:Molecular Biology; D013045:Species Specificity
vernacular_title: Sur l'existence en Europe de quatre groupes de Souris (genre Mus L.) du rang espèce et semi-espèce, démontrée par la génétique biochimique.