Genetic differentiation between Pseudomys pilligaensis and related Pseudomys

Abstract

Electrophoretic evidence for the specific status, and relationship to other Pseudomys, of P. pilligaensis is presented. Two enzyme systems out of twenty-seven are diagnostic of the species. Estimates of genetic difference between species indicate that P. pilligaensis forms a triad with P. delicatulus and P. novaehollandiae, more distantly related to P. hermannsburgensis and P. australis.