Discrete genetic modules are responsible for complex burrow evolution in Peromyscus mice

Jesse N. Weber, Brant K. Peterson and Hopi E. Hoekstra ()
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Jesse N. Weber: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Brant K. Peterson: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
Hopi E. Hoekstra: Museum of Comparative Zoology, 26 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA

Nature, 2013, vol. 493, issue 7432, 402-405

Abstract: The complex burrows created by oldfield mice are shown to be governed by genetic modules that each control an aspect of burrow size or shape.

Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1038/nature11816

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