Mus musculus domesticus

Mus musculus domesticus
A female C57BL/6 laboratory mouse, which is domesticated from Mus musculus domesticus.[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Rodentia
Family: Muridae
Genus: Mus
Species:
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M. m. domesticus
Trinomial name
Mus musculus domesticus
Schwarz and Schwarz, 1943

Mus musculus domesticus, the Western European house mouse, is a subspecies of the house mouse (Mus musculus). Some laboratory mouse strains, such as C57BL/6, are domesticated from M. m. domesticus.[1]

  1. ^ a b Gardiner, Jennifer R.; Swain, Amanda (2015). "Sex Determination and Differentiation". Knobil and Neill's Physiology of Reproduction (4th ed.). Academic Press. pp. 267–292. doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-397175-3.00007-7. ISBN 978-0-12-397175-3.