Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2-2022

Publication Title

Sci Rep

Keywords

JMG, SS1, Animals, Mice, Phylogeny, Whole Genome Sequencing, Genomics, Chromosome Mapping, Muscles

JAX Source

Sci Rep. 2022;12(1):20866

Volume

12

Issue

1

First Page

20866

Last Page

20866

ISSN

2045-2322

PMID

36460842

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-25420-x

Grant

RAL was supported by The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Postdoctoral Scholar Award. Genome sequencing was completed with funds from a JAX Pyewacket Award to RAL and BLD. AG is supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program under the Grant No. 1842474. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Abstract

The house mouse species complex (Mus musculus) is comprised of three primary subspecies. A large number of secondary subspecies have also been suggested on the basis of divergent morphology and molecular variation at limited numbers of markers. While the phylogenetic relationships among the primary M. musculus subspecies are well-defined, relationships among secondary subspecies and between secondary and primary subspecies remain less clear. Here, we integrate de novo genome sequencing of museum-stored specimens of house mice from one secondary subspecies (M. m. bactrianus) and publicly available genome sequences of house mice previously characterized as M. m. helgolandicus, with whole genome sequences from diverse representatives of the three primary house mouse subspecies. We show that mice assigned to the secondary M. m. bactrianus and M. m. helgolandicus subspecies are not genetically differentiated from M. m. castaneus and M. m. domesticus, respectively. Overall, our work suggests that the M. m. bactrianus and M. m. helgolandicus subspecies are not well-justified taxonomic entities, emphasizing the importance of leveraging whole-genome sequence data to inform subspecies designations. Additionally, our investigation provides tailored experimental procedures for generating whole genome sequences from air-dried mouse skins, along with key genomic resources to inform future genomic studies of wild mouse diversity.

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