An article by Hitoshi Suzuki (Professor at Hokkaido University and representative of the Project Research team A03), was published in the British science journal - Heredity.
Title: House mouse Mus musculus dispersal in East Eurasia inferred from 98 newly determined complete mitochondrial genome sequences
Authors: Yue Li, Kazumichi Fujiwara, Naoki Osada, Yosuke Kawai, Toyoyuki Takada, Alexey P. Kryukov, Kuniya Abe, Hiromichi Yonekawa, Toshihiko Shiroishi, Kazuo Moriwaki, Naruya Saitou and Hitoshi Suzuki
Co-authors include the Planned Research team B03 representative Naoki Osada, co-researcher Yosuke Kawai from the same team, and Naruya Saitou General P.I., from the new acedemic field "Yaponesian Genome". This study determined and analyzed the whole genome sequence of Mitochondrial DNA from 98 individuals of two strains of mouse that was identified by the late Professor Kazuo Moriwaki.