The house mice of Faray, Orkney

Publication Type:Journal Article
Year of Publication:1992
Authors:Berry, RJ, Berry, AJ, Anderson, TJC, Scriven, P
Journal:Journal of Zoology
Volume:228
Pagination:233-246
Date Published:1992
ISBN Number:1469-7998
Keywords:Mus musculus
Abstract:

Faray is a 250 ha island in Orkney, uninhabited by humans since 1946. The only small mammal is the house mouse, Mus domesticus, which between 1982 and 1986 fluctuated in numbers from a maximum of 400–500 to less than 50. Over the period when the population was at its smallest, the frequency of Hbbs increased from 29.1% to 46.6%. There was also a decrease in the frequency of a Robertsonian translocation, Rb (4.10) from 36.4% to 13.3% during the study period; two other Robertsonian chromosomes, Rb (3.14) and Rb (9.12), were always homozygous. The change at the Hbb locus is probably the result of genetic drift; this conclusion was reached only after other possibilities were excluded.

URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7998.1992.tb04605.x
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