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Volume 27, Number 10—October 2021
Research

New Perspective on the Geographic Distribution and Evolution of Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis Virus, Central Europe

Alena FornůskováComments to Author , Zuzana Hiadlovská, Miloš Macholán, Jaroslav Piálek, and Joëlle Goüy de Bellocq
Author affiliations: Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic (A. Fornůsková, J. Piálek, J. Goüy de Bellocq); Institute of Animal Physiology and Genetics of the Czech Academy of Sciences (Z. Hiadlovská, M. Macholán); Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague (J. Goüy de Bellocq)

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Figure 1

Worldwide distribution of Mus musculus mouse subspecies. Colors indicate subspecies ranges: green and tan, M. musculus castaneus; blue and purple, M. musculus domesticus; pink, M. musculus musculus ; gray, central populations and M. musculus gentilulus. Note that house mice may not be found throughout the complete extent of some areas (e.g., subarctic regions, the Sahara Desert, and the Amazon rainforest). The purple, and gray areas indicate regions of hybridization. Red arrows indicate inferred routes of historical migrations and recent movements in association with humans. Adapted from (7,8). Copyright ©2012 Springer-Verlag. All rights reserved. Adapted with permission from Springer Science and Business Media and Michael Nachman.

Figure 1. Worldwide distribution of Mus musculus mouse subspecies. Colors indicate subspecies ranges: green and tan, M. musculus castaneus; blue and purple, M. musculus domesticus; pink, M. musculus musculus ; gray, central populations and M. musculus gentilulus. Note that house mice may not be found throughout the complete extent of some areas (e.g., subarctic regions, the Sahara Desert, and the Amazon rainforest). The purple, and gray areas indicate regions of hybridization. Red arrows indicate inferred routes of historical migrations and recent movements in association with humans. Adapted from (7,8). Copyright ©2012 Springer-Verlag. All rights reserved. Adapted with permission from Springer Science and Business Media and Michael Nachman.

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