Invasive rodents impact biodiversity, human health and food security worldwide. The
biodiversity impacts are particularly significant on islands, which are the primary sites of …

The long-distance movements made by humans through history are quickly erased by time
but can be reconstructed by studying the genetic make-up of organisms that travelled with …

Native to China and Mongolia, the brown rat (Rattus norvegicus) now enjoys a worldwide
distribution. While black rats and the house mouse tracked the regional development of …

The microbial communities inhabiting the mammalian intestinal tract play an important role
in diverse aspects of host biology. However, little is known regarding the forces sha** …

Wild populations of the house mouse (Mus musculus) represent the raw genetic material for
the classical inbred strains in biomedical research and are a major model system for …

The house mouse is a key model organism in skin research including host–microbiota
interactions, yet little is known about the skin microbiota of free-living mice. It is similarly …

Abstract Background House mice (Mus musculus) are commensals of humans and therefore
their phylogeography can reflect human colonization and settlement patterns. Previous …

House mice (Mus musculus) have spread globally as a result of their commensal
relationship with humans. In the form of laboratory strains, both inbred and outbred, they are …

Background The phylogeography of the house mouse (Mus musculus L.), an emblematic
species for genetic and biomedical studies, is only partly understood, essentially because of …

Molecular analyses are frequently used to assess biological gene flow and dispersal, yet
recent data suggest that the operation of density-dependent priority effects often leads to …