Repeated DNA Sequences and Kangaroo Phylogeny

Abstract

Three highly repeated DNA sequences have been used to determine relationships of species within the Macropodidae (kangaroos and wallabies). Two highly repeated DNA sequences were isolated as buoyant density satellites in the red-necked wallaby and in the wallaroo-euro group. The third probe was a cloned representative of one class of highly repeated species from the red kangaroo.