GEOGRAPHICAL-DISTRIBUTION OF THE HBB HAPLOTYPES IN THE MUS MUSCULUS SUBSPECIES IN EASTERN ASIA

We surveyed the geographical distribution of Hbb haplotypes of the hou se mouse, Mus musculus, in the former USSR, and the northern part of C hina. Mice with the w1 haplotype were distributed from the coastal are a of the Black Sea to the Maritime Province of Siberia in the former U SSR and in the area north of the Yangtze River in China. Mice with the p haplotype were found in the areas surrounding those populated with the w1 haplotype mice. In the Maritime Province and the southern part of Siberia, the d haplotype was predominant. The correlation between t he geographical variation of the Hbb haplotypes and the distribution o f the Mus musculus subspecies in the eastern part of the Eurasian Cont inent, is discussed.