The Wild Mouse in Immunology

Front Matter....Pages I-XVI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Origin and Evolution of Mice: An Appraisal of Fossil Evidence and Morphological Traits....Pages 3-11
Systematics of the Genus Mus ....Pages 12-18
Evolutionary Relationships in the Genus Mus ....Pages 19-34
Constitutive Heterochromatin and Evolutionary Divergence of Mus dunni, M. booduga and M. musculus ....Pages 35-44
The Potential Use of Repetitive Sequences in Phylogenetic Reconstructions....Pages 45-52
Front Matter....Pages 53-53
Genetic Features of Major Geographical Isolates of Mus musculus ....Pages 55-61
A Hybrid Origin of Japanese Mice “Mus musculus molossinus” ....Pages 62-67
Some Aspects of Robertsonian Karyotype Variation in European Wild Mice....Pages 68-74
Genetic Analysis of a Hybrid Zone Between Domesticus and Musculus Mice ( Mus musculus Complex): Hemoglobin Polymorphisms....Pages 75-85
Genetical Processes in Wild Mouse Populations. Past Myth and Present Knowledge....Pages 86-94
A Method for Rapid Determination of Male Mouse Genotypes and Transmission Distortion by Breeding with Estrous Females....Pages 95-99
MHC Polymorphism in Island Populations of Mice....Pages 100-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
The Contribution of Wild Derived Mouse Inbred Strains to Gene Mapping Methodology....Pages 109-113
Alleles of β-Glucuronidase Found in Wild Mice....Pages 114-123
Genetic Variation in Major Urinary Proteins in Wild Mice....Pages 124-130
Immobilized-gradient Isoelectric Focusing: Detection of “Silent” Biochemical Genetic Variants....Pages 131-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Evolution of the Mouse IgA Gene: Nucleotide Sequence Comparison of IgA in BALB/c and Mus pahari ....Pages 141-148
Evolution of Immunologically Important Genes in the Genus Mus ....Pages 149-156
The X-24 VH Gene Family in Inbred Mouse Strains and Wild Mice....Pages 157-166
Polymorphism and Evolution of Igh-V Gene Families....Pages 167-172
Front Matter....Pages 173-173
Igk Polymorphism in M. musculus domesticus Populations from Maryland and Delaware....Pages 175-185
Restriction Enzyme Polymorphisms in V ϰ and J ϰ Genes of Inbred and Wild Mice....Pages 186-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
Evidence That Wild Mice (Mus musculus musculus) Express Lambda Genes That Differ from Those in BALB/c....Pages 195-205
A Comparative Analyis of the Anti-Phosphorylcholine Response of CLA and BALB/c Mice....Pages 206-217
λ1 Bearing Antibodies Against the α(1–3) and α(1–6)Glycosidic Linkages of the B1355 Dextran in Wild Mice....Pages 218-225
Front Matter....Pages 227-227
Polymorphism of Lymphocyte Antigens-Encoding Loci in Wild Mice....Pages 229-235
Front Matter....Pages 237-237
On the Origin of t Chromosomes....Pages 239-246
Amplification and Rearrangement of DNA Sequences During the Evolutionary Divergence of t Haplotypes and Wild-Type Forms of Mouse Chromosome 17....Pages 247-252
Front Matter....Pages 253-253
Genetic Diversity of Class II Genes in Wild Mice: Definition of Five Evolutionary Groups by RFLP Analysis of A α and A β ....Pages 255-260
Gene-Specific Structures Within Class I Genes from Mus musculus domesticus are Conserved in Class I Genes from Mus pahari ....Pages 261-271
Genetic Variants of Histocompatibility Antigens from Wild Mice....Pages 272-278
Polymorphism and Recombinational Hot Spots in the Murine MHC....Pages 279-284
The t -Complex and Ovarian Teratocarcinogenesis....Pages 285-287
Front Matter....Pages 289-289
The Context of T Cell Receptor β Chain Genes Among Wild and Inbred Mouse Species....Pages 291-299
Correlation of C T β Phenotype with Origins of Laboratory Mouse Strains....Pages 300-306
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Susceptibility of Mus musculus musculus (Czech I) Mice to Salmonella typhimurium Infection....Pages 309-312
Genetically Controlled Resistance to Flaviviruses Within the House Mouse Complex of Species....Pages 313-318
Variable Resistance to Ectromelia (Mousepox) Virus Among Genera of Mus ....Pages 319-322
Expression of the Natural Resistance Gene (Lsh) in Wild Mice Infected Experimentally with Leishmania donovani or Salmonella typhimurium ....Pages 323-330
Genetic Resistance to Influenza Virus in Wild Mice....Pages 331-337
Front Matter....Pages 307-307
Molecular Mechanism of an Ecotropic MuLV Restriction Gene Akvr-1/FV-4 in California Wild Mice....Pages 338-345
Front Matter....Pages 347-347
Xenotropic and MCF Related Retroviral Genes in Wild Mice....Pages 349-353
Mammary Tumorigenesis in Feral Species of the Genus Mus ....Pages 354-361
Endogenous MMTV Proviral Genomes in Feral Mus musculus domesticus ....Pages 362-370
Front Matter....Pages 371-371
Listing of Stocks and Strains of Mice in the Genus Mus Derived from the Feral State....Pages 373-395