Colonization, mouse-style.
Several recent papers, including one in BMC Evolutionary Biology, examine the colonization history of house mice. As well as background for the analysis of mouse adaptation, such studies offer a perspective on the history of movements of the humans that accidentally transported the mice.
Gabriel
Sofia I
SI
CESAM - Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies, Departamento de Biologia Animal, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisbon, Portugal.
Jóhannesdóttir
Fríða
F
Jones
Eleanor P
EP
Searle
Jeremy B
JB
D000220:Adaptation, Biological / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D003710:Demography; D017753:Ecosystem; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D007195:Indian Ocean Islands; D051379:Mice / Q000502:physiology*