Above photo: House mouse, Mus musculus, from Purdue Extension publication AS-692-W The most common rodent pest in structures is the house mouse, Mus musculus. House mice exist in all 50 states of the ...

Claim to fame: Although there are no surveys to prove it, it’s a safe assumption that the house mouse is one of the most abundant mammals on the continent. There are mice native to North America, but ...

Nucleolar organizer regions (NORs) are chromosomal landmarks that consist of tandemly repeated sequences of ribosomal genes (rRNA). In eukaryotes, each unit is composed of three genes coding for 18S, ...

Scientists have revealed the genetic structure and diversity, and inferred the population history, of the wild house mouse across Europe and Asia. The house mouse, Mus musculus, is the most common ...

To most people, all small rodents are virtually indistinguishable from each other, and as such, they are lumped together and considered to be mice of one kind or another. In Webster’s Third New ...

Most of our understanding of the mammalian immune system comes from detailed studies of inbred, laboratory-adapted strains of the house mouse, Mus musculus domesticus, but whether such responses are ...

As winter descends upon us, so does the increased likelihood of finding unwelcome houseguests scurrying across our floors—the house mouse, Mus musculus (scientific). While these tiny rodents may be a ...

Mus musculus is the common house mouse. This mouse is believed to be the second most populous mammalian species on Earth, after Homo sapiens. House mice almost always live in close proximity of humans ...

Like humans, the house mouse, or Mus musculus sp., is widespread throughout the world, making it the most invasive rodent species. An international study involving eight countries* and led by Thomas ...

Mus musculus musculus molar (above left) and Eastern European house mouse (above right) Orton says that it remains unclear exactly how the eastern house mouse came to inhabit Vinča-Belo Brdo at a time ...