Posted on 10/01/2008 7:06:42 PM PDT by Justice Department
Scientists say that studying the genes of mice will reveal new information about patterns of human migration.
They say the rodents have often been fellow travellers when populations set off in search of new places to live - and the details can be recovered.
A paper published in a Royal Society journal analyses the genetic make-up of house mice from more than 100 locations across the UK.
It shows that one distinct strain most probably arrived with the Vikings.
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“Do Ferrets count? They are Rodents too...”
Actually, they are NOT rodents. I think they are in the same family as weasels, minks, fishers and wolverines. All very deadly for their size.
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