Publication Date:
2024-05-16
Description:
In the present paper, the existence and location of the type series of the Japanese dancing mouse or waltzer, Mus wagneri variety rotans Droogleever Fortuyn, 1912, are established, and a lectotype is designated. Available type specimens are measured, and some
morphological parameters, sex, and general condition of the specimens are recorded.
A literature survey was conducted, and an attempt is made to clarify the position of
M. wagneri variety rotans in the taxonomy of Mus. A genetic analysis suggests that the
type series of the Japanese dancing mouse represent a crossbred, or derivation of a
crossbred, between the original Japanese dancing mouse of Mus musculus molossinus
Temminck 1844 origin and European fancy or laboratory mice of Mus musculus domesticus Schwarz & Schwarz, 1943 origin. Much of their genome was replaced and occupied by Mus musculus domesticus type genome, probably through extensive breeding
with European mice.
Keywords:
Crossbred
;
genetic analysis
;
genome
;
Japanese dancing mouse
;
lectotype
;
taxonomic position
Repository Name:
National Museum of Natural History, Netherlands
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Format:
application/pdf
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