Population structure of Apodemus flavicollis and comparison to Apodemus sylvaticus in northern Poland based on RAD-seq

摘要

Mice of the genus (Kaup, 1829) (Rodentia: Muridae) are one the most common mammals in the Palaearctic region [ ]. The genus comprises of three subgenera ( , and ) [ ], however the systematic classification of the 20 species belonging to the genus [ ] is not fully settled [ ]. In the Western Palearctic, the yellow-necked mice (Melchior, 1934) and the woodmice (Linnaeus, 1758) are widespread, sympatric and occasionally syntopic species. They are often difficult to distinguish morphologically in their southern range [ ], but in the Central and Northern Europe both are easily recognisable by the full yellow collar around the neck of , which only forms a narrow elongated spot on the breast in [ ].