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Epigenetic polymorphism in wild populations of Mus musculus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2009

R. J. Berry
R. J. Berry
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Medical Research Council Experimental Genetics Research Unit, University College, Gower Street, London, W.C.1*
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It has been suggested (Berry & Searle, 1963) that the discontinuous (‘quasi-continuous’) variants studied by Grüneberg et al. in the skeleton of rodents can be regarded as constituting epigenetic polymorphism in different populations. Comparisons have been made between the incidences of skeletal variants in house mouse populations collected from: corn ricks on a single farm in Hampshire; eleven separated localities in different parts of the British Isles; and nine other places throughout the world. These showed that the method could profitably be used for genetically characterizing and hence comparing populations. There was evidence suggestive of genetical drift between local populations and stabilizing selection over a larger area.

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Research Article
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Genetics Research , Volume 4 , Issue 2 , July 1963 , pp. 193 - 220
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1963

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